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OMGosh!! Ladies....my New Home tension is just exactly like some shown here...I don't have that big piece on the bottom....it's just like Judy's!!! HURRAY!!! It is bent however, but I can staighten that. So to set the tension I just turn that little knob, right? And if I take this all apart for cleaning there isn't going to be any spring to watch fly across the room is there? The tension is just between the little metal piece on the left side and the long bent piece on top, I'm thinking!! I talked to a maintenance guy at work and he's gonna try to solder the thread guide on the face plate, and I'm gonna ask if he knows something that will clean it up. It's like it's been varnished or something. It might need kerosene to come clean. Oh, thank you all so much for helping me with this! For pointing out the Smithsonian pics! I go so wrapped up in the pics on here that I forgot mine isn't exactly like all of yours! Well, now it has some sisters!!
So, tonight I give it another go! Should be good to go. After I fix the threading issue! )))

BoJangles

[ATTACH=CONFIG]300975[/ATTACH]Here is my Mother's Pfaff 130 in her new permanent home! This cabinet is so cool because the whole front comes out and it is a chair with 2 drawers in the chair! I can keep all the 130's attachments with the machine! She is set up in my sewing room where she should be along with my 319w treadle and my 1222e Pfaff (which is my first sewimg machine)!

Thank you Cathy for the help and the hinges! I will return the unused hinges when I pick up the mocha machine!

Nancy

Miz Johnny

It looks like Phyllis and I have the same New Home. Mine was put together in bits and pieces, but it was a labor of love, so I didn't mind. I bought the head, a girlfriend gave me the missing bobbin winder, had a base built for it, bought a specially made adapter and crank for it, a spring to run the bobbin winder, and I still need a nut for the stitch length adjuster. It cost much more than some of my machines I bought complete, but just had to try it!!
I'm still not sure your bottom plate is missing. Have you taken the top one off? Try that, and post a picture, and we'll see if it's missing!!

Miz Johnny

If I had waited and read all of the posts, I would see that Nancy already said it all, LOL!! And yes, the 2nd picture is taken with the top tension removed.

Miz Johnny

Baking soda is actually a mild abrasive; I would be very careful using it. I also would be careful using Dawn. Sometimes I use GoJo, no pumice, but I don't think Goop works very well, either. If you want a truly beautiful shine, TR-3 Resin Glaze is absolutely amazing. Be prepared to spend some time if you choose to use it, though, it's not a quick fix. A bag or two of good quality cotton balls and a few movies to entertain you will do the trick.
I cleaned a metal-based machine that I really thought was beyond hope, and it turned out absolutely beautiful. You just have to keep polishing away until the grime is gone. The good news is it's a polish as well as a cleaner, so when you're done, you don't have to worry about putting another top coat on like you do with GoJo.

Crossstitcher

DH wants to know what part those big nuts came off of. We have a lot of machines and haven't seen any nuts that size except maybe on a plow. LOL

Charlee

~grin~ The spousal unit just walked in the house with a 603...he picked it up at Goodwill for $5! I keep trying to tell him "resistance is futile", I think he's starting to believe me!

The machine will probably go back tho...too many parts missing...but it has the "0" cam....THAT will stay!

purplefiend

The Singer 603 doesn't need a "0" cam to zig zag.

Bennett

The design of that cabinet is very cool, so sleek and compact. Why can't they make sewing furniture like that these days? I see all these sewing cabinets and craft tables around, but they all look so clunky and cheap when you compare them to something like this. (Do I sound old and grumpy enough??)

Phyllis nm

The nuts came from surplus city, I bought them for pattern weights. They work great, and they are easy to grab and move bet heavy enough to stay in place.