1912 Singer Red Eye - broken thread guide
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Last edited by NoraAnn; 09-04-2019 at 03:59 PM.
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Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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I have accidentally broken off that little wire on almost every machine I have owned. I kept on using them. You just have to fiddle with the tension a bit. Finally have a machine that doesn't have the wire!!
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What!! The thread goes diagonally to the tensioner directly from the spool? I must admit, I didn't occur to me to even attempt it...
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O have trouble picturing this. I have a 66 with the wire thread guide coming through from the back side, located closer to the needle end than the top. It was broken at the "weld" when I got it. We cleaned off and soldered it, and it is fine.
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I mis-read, I meant the very thin wire that is part of the upper thread tension. Never mind...
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Victory!! After stepping away from the problem for a couple of months, I decided to try again. I bought a spring-loaded tool called a hammerless center punch with the intention of using it to make a little dimple in the broken-off hook so that I could drill it out without the drill wandering. Well, that little thing produces 3500PSI force, so after making the dimple, I just kept pulling the spring back and letting it fly and the broken piece actually moved backward in the hole until it was sticking a fair way out inside the head. From there, I used a 1/16" hardened centerpunch and hammered at it until it moved the last little bit and finally fell out. Bent the punch, and it took a bit to extricate the punch from the hole (I thought, oh no, this hole is cursed!), but I managed not to enlarge it in the process. The replacement hook tapped in firmly, no problem. I just have to reassemble all the parts I removed and it should finally sew. Thanks for all your input!
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