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Congrats on your blue ribbon. We are proud of you.
Glenn

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That's terrific Jan! Congrats on the ribbon, are you going to post pics? :)

I can, If you would like. Didn't know whether I should or not on this part of the list.

Texas Jan

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Congrats on your blue ribbon. We are proud of you.
Glenn

Thanks Glen,

Texas Jan

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That's terrific Jan! Congrats on the ribbon, are you going to post pics? :)

Forgot to attach the pictures. this is a needle turn, hand quilted quilt 65 x 70". Took about a year to do. I got so tired of looking at it. No more large quilts for me.

Texas Jan

Moving on to my next problem child machine. I have a 15 clone. Some times it goes 1 or 2 stitches and snaps the thread then if I'm lucky it will go 3 inches and snap. SO I re-threaded left to right and right to left... which ever - one of them doesn't work. Then I played with the upper threading - I think I've had everything right from the start. I put in a new needle - experimented with which way it goes. I had it right. I played with the tension. Then I swapped a face plate off another machine. It is not tension. It is not threading. It is not the needle. Then I took out the bobbin hook. I polished it with a crumpled up piece of aluminum foil just to make sure there aren't any burrs. Still snaps thread. I took off the presser foot. The needle does not hit the plate but it comes close. That needle hole looks like a star from all the needle hitting going on. I'm wondering if it is tearing up the thread at that spot. I can't seem to see it happen. I left my long screw driver at the shop and the screw is in too tight to get with a skinny little Susy Homemaker screw driver. I was thinking maybe pull the plate and swap it out with the other clone or maybe polish it up a bit - stuck until I come up with some other brilliant idea. The Singer manual I found on line does not match my machine. I wonder if I need a service manual to figure out how to center the needle a bit better in the hole. That needle all but hits the hole.

Miriam it could also be a problem with your needle clamp or the needle bar twisted out of alignment.

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I own a Free No.5 too. The treadle is broken and I haven't gotten around to fixing that yet. I'm slowly cleaning and fixing the broken machines/treadles. I love the decals on the Free No. 5. I really should bring that machine into the house and have it also decorate my bookcase along with my other machines, since I can't use it right now.

Nancy, owns a Free No.5 that she treadles.

Yes, I have done a lot of piecing with my Free #5 pictured here on page 627. Trish has one on page 780, 111, and 816. Nana on page 774, Monica (Vintagemotif) on page 782, Kitzone on page 816, Lauren has one, Playswithcolor has one, Debbie, Rajean on page 1236, and Buslady on page 1209. These are the ones I noted. The Free #5 is a very easy machine to treadle and sew with. The Free Sewing Machine Co. was in business from 1910 to about 1958, although, some report that the company had started even earlier. The Free #5 takes normal 15X1 needles so it is an easy machine to use/own.

My piecing machine now is my National Two Spools, though! The Two Spools runs so much longer with the 'two' spools of thread as opposed to a bobbin, plus the regular foot of the Two Spools is exactly 1/4"!

Nancy

Oh Nancy, I'm so excited. I have the twin to your machine pictured on 627, just picked her up last weekend. She's not quite as shinny & the cabinet is a bit dusty, she's standing in line for her turn for a clean up. Seems we've got more machines to tend to then we've got the time to do them. That's okay, have a feeling they will be well worth the wait.
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Thanks Vintagemotif I could not think Tiffiney. I knew it was a 66 but could remember the name of the decal

I see those decals and think of old Victorian homes in SF and gingerbread.

It is a very pretty machine and is very victorian. After unsing the VS2 I don't think I will be looking for anymore 66's

What is a VS2?

Vibrating shuttle #2, an early model of Singer. :)

How can you tell a difference? Are they different sizes?

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Miriam it could also be a problem with your needle clamp or the needle bar twisted out of alignment.

I wonder that too. It feels funny sort of turned. Where is the adjustment on those? I'm thinking the needle isn't centered quite like it should be - that hole has been hit a bunch of times - looks like a star.

Open the face plate and the needle bar should have a screw to loosen the shaft so it can be turned but make sure it does not slip up or down. It may be a allen type screw. It will be very tight to get loose