Yet another Rare machine destroyed by poor packaging....
01-08-2016, 06:13 AM
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Is it weird that I think I prefer the "naked" machine? A little finger-breaky to sew on and it'd need its base back on to work I suppose, but I love watching the moving parts of mechanical things. I guess I'm easily amused, LOL.
01-08-2016, 08:35 AM
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Actually that was only 9 screws total. (already back together) This comes apart MUCH further. If you look at the bottom, you can see that the three drive components are removable as well.
01-08-2016, 08:39 AM
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I just got the OK to toss the packing materials from the original broken one. The "investigation" is over. UPS actually IS honoring the insurance... sad.
I will use the broken one to practice taking the unit ALL the way apart and getting it back together. then I will be doing it to the intact one.
Some of the tolerances on this are just sad. I.E. the hand wheel wobbles a bit if not screwed tight. I can shim it, but come on.. just a little more work and this would have been a great little machine.
01-08-2016, 10:54 AM
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That is why this machine is kinda cool, kinda stupid. At that size, if it had been made well (so close) it would have been very marketable.
I have to remind myself that it's a very advanced lockstitch toy machine, not a poorly made adult machine
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