Heading out tomorrow for these two beauties?
04-14-2014, 02:06 PM
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Miriam,
Those pulleys are still available.
Cathy
Those pulleys are still available.
Cathy
Originally Posted by miriam
OK that would be more of a problem than setting the needle bar. Where do you get new pulleys. The machine I have may be one of the NOS I got a while back. I'm thinking there may also be some electrical connection issues, too. They go bad just setting around.
04-14-2014, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Rodney
Cathy- Great Tip! on the needles. If I do pick one up at some point I'll keep it in mind. So far thru no skill of my own I've only bought machines that take 15x1 needles but I came close on one Free-Westinghouse.
That cabinet had some fantastic veneer on it. Very pretty. Sorry I talked you out of it. I'm here to enable, not be the voice of reason.
Hanging my head in shame...
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That cabinet had some fantastic veneer on it. Very pretty. Sorry I talked you out of it. I'm here to enable, not be the voice of reason.
Hanging my head in shame...
Rodney
04-14-2014, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Mizkaki
Grinding will work. However a needle-bar height correction is a one time thing. Grinding is every needle. I'm too lazy to do that.
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04-14-2014, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by miriam
I'm thinking there is a godzilla in really sweet shape somewhere in a cabinet, too. I'm betting it is the same.
04-14-2014, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Cogito
I have such a soft spot for Godzillas......Miriam I thought you said you don't like them?
04-14-2014, 02:22 PM
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I'm pretty sure Bill was talking about the Singer 206 and 306. That is a whole 'nother subject. The 206x13 needle tip is really short, but the timing length is the same as the 15x1. So changing the needle-bar height doesn't work as it changes the timing (the hook will be at the eye and not above it, as it should be). In this case raising the needle-bar is not changing the timing. Since you are only raising it the amount of the needle length difference. It does work very well for this machine.
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Originally Posted by Cogito
i was thinking Bill Holman on Yahoo said that causes problems....changing needle bar height. But maybe that was in relation to also having to adjust timing. And I totally agree! No way would I want to grind needles!
04-14-2014, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Mizkaki
I'm pretty sure Bill was talking about the Singer 206 and 306. That is a whole 'nother subject. The 206x13 needle tip is really short, but the timing length is the same as the 15x1. So changing the needle-bar height doesn't work as it changes the timing (the hook will be at the eye and not above it, as it should be). In this case raising the needle-bar is not changing the timing. Since you are only raising it the amount of the needle length difference. It does work very well for this machine.
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