Charlee

Linda, get those attachments out and play with them! You'll be surprised at the ones you will use!! I absolutely love my ruffler and use it lots!

Charlee

Well....I'm back from a couple of days in Eastern Oregon/Idaho.
Not much luck on the junkin'...to my mind, they wanted outrageous prices for the few machines I found, and I didn't find much in the way of notions at all...with one exception. I found a combination thread box, pincushion, scissor holder in the shape of a bird. (The scissors form the bird's bill...it's pretty cute)

I did find a really pretty Damascus treadle, in good shape and nice cabinet...they wanted more than my budget would allow tho, so it's still in Idaho. :( It was HARD to leave that machine behind!!

AbbyQuilts

Sorry you didnt find anything :( But hope you had fun anyway!

Charlee

Thanks! We had a good time Abby!

Oh...and that Martha Washington cabinet with the White did NOT come home with me....too many issues... :(

The one machine that DID come home with me was the 15-91 that my brother in law found for me at a yard sale for $5... rusty...handwheel turns, needle doesn't move...probably a parts machine. ~sigh~

Nanamoms

Very unusual looking machine!

irishrose

My 301 has a pretty, very well balanced stitch. It is easier to remove than the Necchi or the Elna, but still good and solid. I do have the knob turned almost to nine on the top, so I don't have much wiggle room. That may change when I put on the new spring. If I overfill the bobbin when FMQ, the thread will jump out of the slot. Solution - don't overfill the bobbin.

I always thought the Elna had the most perfect, strongest, hardest to remove to stitch I'd ever seen. The Necchi may be even more so. I really try make any errors with either of them!

sew wishful

I was unable to find the original post. Sorry.

I have a machine with this same foot pedal. I wanted to rewire it, but it was a real pain to get to the connections, so I retaped the bad spot. And then the outlet that the motor and pedal plug into was also inaccessable! I would have had to break it, so left it alone. It's the cord from the motor to the outlet that is in bad shape with multiple taping. I have plugged it in and it runs sewww quietly!! The machines are totally different (mine and the pictured one.) This is a beauty!!

miriam

If you can assemble a quilt you can do this: I would take the whole thing apart - yup take it apart. No kids. No pets. No DH. 'o/ Keep a muffin pan around and put the parts in it in order as you take it off. Use the tension diagram in the manual. A lot of the old manuals have instructions to take the tension apart and put it back together. (The first time I did one I was very nervous - I shook the whole time.) Just go slow - look at it carefully as you go. Clean EVERYTHING real good and put it back together according to the diagram. I amaze myself every time I do one. I don't even need the diagram anymore. I just routinely clean the tension when I get an old machine. Dried up oil can cause drag and rust or burrs can break threads - dust bunnies need to come out all makes the tension messed.. Hey if nothing else you can run some dental floss through there and pick up some of it. I just like the feel of it when I've taken it apart and cleaned it. Keep another machine right next to you so you can look at it as you reassemble. Here is an expanded diagram. It is the only one I know of with the picture of the pin. It is from sewclassic's catalog - I hope Jenny doesn't mind. http://shop.sew-classic.com/Tension-...572-125417.htm I posted it a couple pages back as well. If it doesn't go back together right take it apart and do it again. Pay attention to how that spring goes when you take it apart and in the diagram and in the other machine you have next to you. You can do this. You have made quilts. You have cooked. Go slow and don't worry it has been done before. If it is any help the service manual has about the same instructions as the owner's manual. They must have meant for the owner to take that tension apart on occasion. I do have one that doesn't work. It needs some adjustment on the presser lever. I haven't done that - the machine isn't turning and needs a total spa treatment some time.

BoJangles

Janice, she had no idea what she had. That little FW was her Mother's machine. The lady has another Singer she bought for $50, she says about 30 years ago. She didn't show it to me, but she thought that machine was worth way more than the FW -- I do feel guilty because I didn't tell her the opposite was true!

Nancy

SewExtremeSeams

Thank you Miriam for this info. I haven't taken my 15-91 apart yet. However, this info should come in handy so I am posting in 'My Pages' for future reference. I am also particularly thankful that you are sewww resourceful. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: