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06-24-2014, 08:14 PM

#341

sdhaevrsi

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You are having some discouraging machines to work on lately.

06-24-2014, 09:18 PM

#342

amcatanzaro

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We won't discuss my 15-125 with the stuck handwheel then.

I got a 99 working this afternoon. It seems to be the machine of half unscrewed parts. I probably won't fix the knee lever though, I don't care for them.

06-25-2014, 12:48 AM

#343

miriam

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The stuck fly wheel is no doubt a stuck needle bar - oil the shafts. I got my clone working. Like a fool I hit the shaft with a hammer - it moved but the machine did not. I had to oil the nose area stuff a bit more and then use heat the next day. Then I had to use a wrench on the hand wheel to get it free. Then I had to retime the machine. The reverse is still stuck. I hate push buttons.

I have a White with cam stack I've been working on, too. The seller told me the machine sews. Well it did sew but none of the knobs turn - I got most of the machine freed - the stitch selector knob still does not turn. I've soaked it in Kroil and turned it every morning but nothing turns yet. The reverse button and the feed dog drop started moving yesterday.

It can take time for the oil to penetrate and free things up.

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06-25-2014, 04:00 AM

#344

ThayerRags

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I finished up converting a Singer 99-13 to hand crank operation last week, and I am about ready to test-sew a Singer 403A that I got from a lady that is down-sizing her machine herd.

CD in Oklahoma

06-25-2014, 05:09 AM

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Mrs. SewNSew

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Quote:

Originally Posted by miriam

I've soaked it in Kroil and turned it every morning but nothing turns yet. The reverse button and the feed dog drop started moving yesterday.

It can take time for the oil to penetrate and free things up.

How do you like the Kroil? I just got some this week to give it a try. So far no opinion. I haven't had it long enough to see a difference.

06-25-2014, 06:59 AM

#346

SteveH

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Originally Posted by Mrs. SewNSew

How do you like the Kroil?

My shop will NOT be without this stuff...

06-25-2014, 09:25 AM

#347

ThayerRags

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Following Miriam’s suggestion again, I turned my Singer 31-15 Centennial into a handcrank by adding a suicide knob to the hand wheel.

CD in Oklahoma

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06-25-2014, 09:38 AM

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ArchaicArcane

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs. SewNSew

It's some sort of cheap pot metal, but the replacements are not so cheap!

Replacements are probably not cheap because there are so few survivors out there.

Sory to hear of your frustration!

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Originally Posted by sdhaevrsi

You are having some discouraging machines to work on lately.

I call those ones "Character Builders". I've built a lot of character in the last several months...

Quote:

Originally Posted by miriam

The stuck fly wheel is no doubt a stuck needle bar - oil the shafts. I got my clone working. Like a fool I hit the shaft with a hammer - it moved but the machine did not.

Miriam, I'm thinking we may need to take your hammer away for a bit!! Touch and throws only!!

The 31-15 I freed up had a handwheel completely seized solid. It was one of the ... uh... slidy bits that was stopping it moving. And yes, now that I've said that and you all are thinking "WTH is she talking about" I will go snap a pic. LOL!