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Sassylass 05-25-2015 01:10 PM
Photos of Old Singer....
 
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I hope I have done this right. Here are photos of the Singer from 1915 from St. Johns.
Thank you all in your help wit.h information on this machine..

manicmike 05-25-2015 01:28 PM
Originally Posted by Sassylass (Post 7206591)
I hope I have done this right. Here are photos of the Singer from 1915 from St. Johns.
Thank you all in your help wit.h information on this machine..
Nice 127. Slide plates give away that she's been well looked after. After market motor and light (and age of course) suggests it was originally powered by hand crank or treadle.
How does it sew? My VS2 is an early version and sews extremely well. Additionally it does free motion embroidery really nicely.

greywuuf 05-25-2015 02:13 PM
that machine is in Beautiful Shape. Very nice. in the picture of the shuttle .... there is a "Black hole" just to the lower left of the shuttle. There should be a piece of felt in there, its purpose it to oil the shuttle. take a pin and pull the felt out and make sure the little hole to the shuttle "race" area is clear, put the felt in and saturate it with sewing machine oil, this goes a LONG way in preventing worn out shuttles. it is really a tiny hole and keeps just the barest amount of oil on the surface of the shuttle ... it should prevent metal to metal contact and any wear from occurring.

maviskw 05-26-2015 06:41 PM
Originally Posted by greywuuf (Post 7206661)
that machine is in Beautiful Shape. Very nice. in the picture of the shuttle .... there is a "Black hole" just to the lower left of the shuttle. There should be a piece of felt in there, its purpose it to oil the shuttle. take a pin and pull the felt out and make sure the little hole to the shuttle "race" area is clear, put the felt in and saturate it with sewing machine oil, this goes a LONG way in preventing worn out shuttles. it is really a tiny hole and keeps just the barest amount of oil on the surface of the shuttle ... it should prevent metal to metal contact and any wear from occurring.
I found the little piece of felt on mine, and wondered if it needs replacing. Does it matter if it looks bad?

manicmike 05-26-2015 07:14 PM
Originally Posted by maviskw (Post 7207911)
I found the little piece of felt on mine, and wondered if it needs replacing. Does it matter if it looks bad?
Not if it still soaks up the oil.


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