J Miller

My newest acquisition is a SEWMOR VS machine. No model # evident. It's a 3/4 size machine that looks to be a copy of the Singer 128. It's in pretty nice shape with only dirt, body oil residue and mold on the paint. The plated areas are all but perfect.

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Front; you can see the grime and mold on it. Got to figure out what to use to get rid of the mold.

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Rear; This little machine has no light. Does anyone have a Singer 128 with a factory light they could post a pic of for comparison?

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Bobbin cover plates; nice and shiny.

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Shuttle and bobbin; Looks like Singer design to me. The Singer bobbins I have fit just fine.
Sorry about the out of focus pic.

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An improvement over other machines, spring loaded slide plates.

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Right end.

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Feed dogs

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Under the rear inspection plate

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Underside; J-C 5 stamped there.

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ID placard; J-A 47 and the serial number there.
J-C 5 is KOYO and KOYO SEIKO, J-A 47 isn't positively ID'd.



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Badge on the pillar

Miriam asked if it had the big lever in the other thread. I didn't know as I couldn't see it in the GW pics. But it sure does:
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The lever to the right of the knob is the forward / reverse lever. The round knob rotates almost one turn for stitch length adjustment.

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The birds nest in the original pics was found to be caused by incorrect needle installation. The needle was put in flat to the rear. Ooops. When put in correctly, flat to the right, it sews beautifully.

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The case top is in great shape, but the bottom has been wet. It will need repaired and the fabric reglued. No big deal really.


Now I really need to get to the cleaning part. Any suggestions on what to clean the head with to remove the grime and mold? Also if anyone knows of an original SEWMOR manual for this machine please let me know.

All in all I'm tickled silly with my newest SEWMOR.

Joe

Cari-in-Oly

Joe I'm tickled for you! Very cool. I got a machine in similar condition a few years ago and what I used was Lysol wipes to get the yuck off, paper towel to dry it right away and then TR3 to shine it up.

Cari

J Miller

SEWMOR VS Machine cont:

I forgot to show the neat bobbin winder.
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Most long bobbin winders have a hook or some other guide at the bottom to direct the thread up to the forked lever. This one has a spring loaded tensioner ( arrow). It really works great.

Joe

J Miller

Cari,

Thanks, I'll give the wipes a try. I want this little machine to shine .

Joe

miriam

Yup yours has the lever on the right.

sewbeadit

Very nice, of course we need pics of the after too!

J Miller

Initial cleaning with the Lysol wipes:
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Thanks Cari, that worked pretty good.

Joe

Cari-in-Oly

You're welcome. It's looking real good Joe, I hope it sews well too. I've also used baby wipes on machines that were just dirty, but liked the Lysol wipes for the moldy one.

Cari

Rodney

Nice machine Joe! Reverse on a long bobbin machine is pretty cool too.
Rodney