Congrats. Nice machine. Love the little drawer under the casing. Fantastic attachments. You are so lucky.

Rumbols,
I'm beginning to agree with you. After cleaning, oiling (a lot) and greasing, this machine is settling in and running quite nice. My wife has been putting decorative patterns around the pockets of jeans she's making shopping bags out of. For a machine to sit there and do patterns through 3 and 4 layers of jeans denim is unusual. Our MW 7 Jewel will not do it. It will do light duty things, but not jeans pockets.
It's also quieted down a lot since we've been running it too. I'm pretty sure the oil is getting into all the places it needs to be.

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Caroline,
I posted on your Universal thread.

Joe

Ooh -aah! I want one just like it. It reminds me of a 2-tone 1952 Chevy that my friend's mom drove - a real cream puff!

That is one sweet looking machine!!

Joe, will you post a picture of one of the bags. I need ideas for our church bazaar. My Elna will do anything I ask and I bet the Universal will, too.

Sure is a neat machine. Looking forward to seeing the felt display of it's specialty stitches.

Sure, here it is:
JOe

The machine has pretty much settled in. It's quieted down and is running pretty good. I should have the felt done tomorrow or Saturday.

Joe

Joe, that is a really cool machine!! very nice looking. When I saw the picture of your Alden it reminded me of my dad's old Falcon, he still has it.

I just ordered an electronic foot controller from Sew-Classic for the Alden. I've been working on the felt with all the decorative stitches and can't do more than a half dozen at a time before the foot controller that's on it is too hot to keep my toes on the pedal. The motor is only a 0.8 amp motor so the controller Sew-Classic sells will work fine.

I'll have the pattern chart done tonight for sure.

Joe