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Old 06-17-2010, 05:49 AM
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Oh, how cute Lesley! Love, love, love the celery color of your machine. I don't know what the ring is. I sew on mine al the time without that type of ring so you should be ok.

On the oil, boy, I am not the one who could answer with any confidence.

I am sew glad your experience with eBay was a good one.

Oh yeah, my FW doesn't sew slowly. Billy, Charlee or someone else would be able to tell you what is causing that problem. (FYI:one can't ask too many questions in the shop ;-) )
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Old 06-17-2010, 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by cricket_iscute
SewExtreme, I do not know what the broken part is. However, if your Bernina oil is actual sewing machine oil, it will be fine with your new Featherweight. That particular Featherweight is the slowest and least able of the Featherweights and it is not surprising it sews slow. However, check the belt. It should be loose yet able to turn the machine. You WANT it to be loose. It was designed to be loose and won't prematurely age the motor that way.

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Thanks for the help, Cricket, the belt does seem a little tight, so I'll see if I can slacken it off.
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Old 06-17-2010, 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by SewExtreme
Oh, how cute Lesley! Love, love, love the celery color of your machine. I don't know what the ring is. I sew on mine al the time without that type of ring so you should be ok.

On the oil, boy, I am not the one who could answer with any confidence.

I am sew glad your experience with eBay was a good one.

Oh yeah, my FW doesn't sew slowly. Billy, Charlee or someone else would be able to tell you what is causing that problem. (FYI:one can't ask too many questions in the shop ;-) )
Thank you Linda - it wasn't packed anything like the suggestions I have seen here, so I took photos as I undid everything, in case it was damaged. Cricket has said that my Bernina machine oil will be OK, so I'll oil it everywhere the hand book says, slacken off the belt a little, and see if it goes a little quicker. I'm not really bothered, as I have quicker machines, I just wasn't sure about this one, as I have never seen one working.
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Old 06-17-2010, 06:19 AM
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Thats a cute little FW! Love that color!
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Old 06-17-2010, 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Lacelady
Thank you Linda - it wasn't packed anything like the suggestions I have seen here, so I took photos as I undid everything, in case it was damaged. Cricket has said that my Bernina machine oil will be OK, so I'll oil it everywhere the hand book says, slacken off the belt a little, and see if it goes a little quicker. I'm not really bothered, as I have quicker machines, I just wasn't sure about this one, as I have never seen one working.
With the belt too tight the machine will indeed sew slower. Loosen it up a tad and see how she runs, it needs to be tight enough to not slip but loose enough to not burn the motor up.

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Old 06-17-2010, 08:23 AM
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Thank you for the info. I will be on the hunt for one or the other.. Penni
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Old 06-17-2010, 08:29 AM
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Lacelady, I am SO in love with your machine. Lucky lucky lady!
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Old 06-17-2010, 08:39 AM
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Has anyone seen anything like this one I saw posted on Craigslist?

Looks in rough shape, but they say it works!
http://albany.craigslist.org/atq/1794985469.html

I am not interested, but thought someone else might be.
That's a biggggggggg machine!! :) If I'm not mistaken, I'm betting it was used by a leather type guy for shoes, harnesses, that kinda stuff...
Its shoe sewing machine
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Old 06-17-2010, 09:26 AM
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Thank you Linda - it wasn't packed anything like the suggestions I have seen here, so I took photos as I undid everything, in case it was damaged. Cricket has said that my Bernina machine oil will be OK, so I'll oil it everywhere the hand book says, slacken off the belt a little, and see if it goes a little quicker. I'm not really bothered, as I have quicker machines, I just wasn't sure about this one, as I have never seen one working.
With the belt too tight the machine will indeed sew slower. Loosen it up a tad and see how she runs, it needs to be tight enough to not slip but loose enough to not burn the motor up.

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Thanks Billy, I will try that next. I have spent the afternoon cleaning up my old Seidel & Naumann according to your tute (well, partially.) I wasn't brave enough to take it all apart, as it's a hand crank, and I couldn't loosen some of the screws in spite of judicious use of WD 40, but the Swarfega I got has really shined up the body. Sadly, most of the decals had already lost their gold - there is just a ghost image of them left. I know that new ones are available for FWs, wouldn't it be nice if they were universally available for all machines?
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Old 06-17-2010, 10:32 AM
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Just got home with "Dani" (named for the dear sweet man Dan, who gave her up for $25)

She is a Singer 99, AC094862, 15000 made,
date allotted April 10, 1928

She does run, but needs some TLC, and a few missing parts...key, instruction manual, box cover on right side.

I figure she will be a good machine to work thru Billy's tutorials.

I think she was a pretty good find.
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