All of the 99's I have played with have been really super quiet but thats because I did a full service with the Kerosene spa treatment. At most they might click a little but all of the 15's I messed with (Singer brand) have been noisier that the 66 or the 99.

If you want a real smooth running 15 go find you a Japanese 15 and then you will throw your Singer out in the yard! IMO they are way better built than the Singer brand and my Universal is my all time go to machine and the only one I FMQ with.

Billy

I did steal it for $40.00

Texas Jan

Thanks Billy!
I'll check out the tutes....
Is it true what Chris_Quilts said about it being noisy? It would be nice to have it be a quiet little one like my FW.

I looked it up in the phone book and hauled mine in to a motor shop. They just do rebuilds. I think the one I went to was Wheatly Electric in Cincinnati - it's been years.... It was $25 there compared to $65 at the sewing machine shop. http://www.wheatleyelectric.com/
You probably have one near you if you search.

I was thinking of you the other day when I saw a pick-up truck that was painted with some kind of paint that looked like different colors when you looked at it from different angles. Super cool!!!! I think I remember one of the sewing machines, that you painted and posted the picture of, had paint like that. What is that type of paint called?

I never had one that was noisy, in fact all of mine are super quiet like the 66's.

Billy

Thanks! I didn't know about something like this. I thought that I would have to find a sewing machine person to repair a motor.

I put all of my machines on a non-slip placemat, it's the same stuff used as shelf liner only thicker and cut to the shape of a placemat and sells for a few $$$'s. It serves a dual purpose in that it stops a machine sliding around at high speed and makes them quieter (specially embroidery machines running at full throttle on a multi-hour design) LOL

Of course, the other reason your machine might be noisy is because it needs oiling, this shouldn't be overlooked either.

Hope this helps?
Bronwyn;-)

That was another members machine that she had done but it is called a "Color Shift". Different brands have different names for the paint like HOK is called "Kosmic Color", Dupont calls theirs "Chromalusion" but they all do the same thing. HOK (house of Kolor) was the company to come up with the colors first then after their patent went out the formulas went public and the other companies started making theirs. Its aluminum powder that makes the colors shift.

Here is some stupid trivia for you, Ford bought the proprietary rights to the paint from HOK when it was first developed. It was called "Mystic" and was only offered on the Mustang GT. If you owned one of those cars and it was wrecked Ford sent a painter to the body shop to mix and spray the color for them and when he left he made sure that nothing was left behind.

Billy

I know it is the motor even though the machine is dirty. There isn't a belt on it so when it is plugged in all that runs is the motor. I think that is where I will start. Get that fixed and the wires checked, then start the cleaning. But it is tempting to box it up and ship it to Billy. Then I would know it is done correctly.