I finally found a 301, YEAH
#23
I wonder if the plug in Caroline's is wired so that it's straight through, and then the double lead, single cord works...
I've never seen one cut like that, and I always wondered what would happen if you plugged a double lead cord set into a machine that wants the two cords.
ETA: If the middle piece of that broken bracket is still screwed on to the case, I would remove it, so you don't cut yourself on the jagged edges, or scratch your baby.
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Love, love, love my 301-A! I found her in a little resale shop-didn't know what was inside that strange shaped cabinet and asked the gentleman if he would open it so I could see the machine? Saw the 301A and asked him if he would put it inmy van please? It was $55.00. They sew so nice and quiet. Congratulatons on your find.
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How Not To Rewire a Terminal Plug
I wondered why the light did not work with the cord set that came with the sewing machine but worked with one of my Featherweight cord sets. So I decided to take apart the old one to do a look see.
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Original Featherweight Terminal Plug
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Millie's nasty looking re-wired terminal plug
AND, the wire is HPN Heater Cord 16/2. I may end up giving Millie a new electronic foot controller.Meanwhile she will be using her little sister's controller.
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Original Featherweight Terminal Plug
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Millie's nasty looking re-wired terminal plug
AND, the wire is HPN Heater Cord 16/2. I may end up giving Millie a new electronic foot controller.Meanwhile she will be using her little sister's controller.
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I wondered why the light did not work with the cord set that came with the sewing machine but worked with one of my Featherweight cord sets. So I decided to take apart the old one to do a look see.
AND, the wire is HPN Heater Cord 16/2. I may end up giving Millie a new electronic foot controller.Meanwhile she will be using her little sister's controller.
AND, the wire is HPN Heater Cord 16/2. I may end up giving Millie a new electronic foot controller.Meanwhile she will be using her little sister's controller.
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OK Tammi, if it took you 2 hours to rewire the first one, it would take me twice as long. I came up with another fix, the foot controller that came with my 306m. I think the brown color works well with the mocha color.
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I will save the connector another day when it rains again. Meanwhile we are having a glorious day of sunshine, with more to come this weekend.
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I will save the connector another day when it rains again. Meanwhile we are having a glorious day of sunshine, with more to come this weekend.
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OK Tammi, if it took you 2 hours to rewire the first one, it would take me twice as long. I came up with another fix, the foot controller that came with my 306m. I think the brown color works well with the mocha color.
I will save the connector another day when it rains again. Meanwhile we are having a glorious day of sunshine, with more to come this weekend.
I will save the connector another day when it rains again. Meanwhile we are having a glorious day of sunshine, with more to come this weekend.
The wire they used "Back then" was aluminum wire, you can use a thinner wire than what the gauge of aluminum was,.. Rain says 18 gauge in his motor wiring tutorial: http://vssmb.blogspot.ca/2011/12/how...rt-1-wire.html, so the 16 ga wire you have, which is thicker, should be fine, it's probably just wired messily, and possibly the light isn't on the 2 outside posts. One of these days I'll have to do a tutorial on how to do those connectors.
That said, that pedal you have from the 306, does it say solid state or Electronic on it? That's the best case scenario,... it wouldn't get hot.
And I totally agree, get outside and enjoy the weather. Absorb some vitamin D. We're supposed to get some nice weather for the next 3 or 4 days as well. (Though on Monday they said light flurries on the radio while DH was driving in a whiteout that gave us 4 - 6 inches of the white s....tuff, so they may not know what they're talking about. ) I noticed my rhubarb is coming up, and the strawberries are spreading even further this year already. I need to see if the ground is thawed enough to till before the berries spread too far to make it easy. That and raking the yard to get rid of the snow mold is the extent of my weekend.
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