J Miller

I couldn't get back on yesterday, none of the pages would load past the index.

Anyway the Edison had several problems when I got it. I was referred to the Singer 15-91 manual several months ago by Ed (LAMX) over on the Sewing Forum and that is what I used to fix what I have.

FAST REARWARD BACK IN TIME 3 MONTHS AGO:

A: The first thing I tried to fix was the feed dogs. They were hitting the front edge of the slot in the needle plate. I followed the instructions on the Singer book and found the Edison was not built like the Singer when it came to adjusting the feed dogs. I did find a point of adjustment and adjusted them so they do not hit the needle plate now.
What I noticed yesterday when it was sewing is that the material bounces back and forth as it feeds. It's not feeding smoothly.

B: When the presser foot was raised, the needle clamp hit it. (Never seen this before) The interference was severe enough to cause a visual deflection of the pressure foot.
Using info I can't find right now to refer to, I adjusted the presser foot and the needle bar.
They are better now, no interference fit, but I'm not sure just how "right" they are.
I do not see any of the little "timing marks" on the needle bar like the Singer manual says is there. They are either too high up or not there.


BACK TO NOW:
It would not sew for me the last time. I've learned a lot about needles in the last three months so there is a very good chance the needle that was in the machine was wrong in some way. Or damaged or bent. I didn't check it with a loop. Now that it is sewing I'm going to work with the tension and see if I can get it to cooperate.

One thing I did notice and adjusted is the presser foot was toed in and the needle was rubbing on the inside of the big toe. I reset that.

I'll let you know what my results are after I've worked on it for a while.


Joe

Glenn

Nurseknits I am so glad you are with us now. You will be a great inspiration for us all.

Candace

Joe, you'll figure it out...or have a nice parts machine on your hands. It's a big puzzle and that's part of the fun of fixing these machines.

Glenn

I must agree. This carbon based unit as been the majority of the problems with these old machines.

J Miller

I have to figure it out ..... I totally despise parting out machines. ( Just a personal quirk.)


Joe

vintagemotif

Domestic! lol

Candace

Hey, I resemble that remark! Hehe!

Speaking of owners being the problem. I thought I knew my 319 pretty well and had it in my mind that it could NOT lower the feed dogs. Well, surprise, surprise that I found out that the 319 and the series of machines CAN lower the feed dogs! I had accepted the fact that it was not ever going to be a decent FMQ machine and was hopeful...so I lowered the feed dogs and found that the low shank FMQ foot still doesn't work great on the machine. Has anyone had success FMQ on their 319 or similar series machine? I found that the hopping foot hits the clamp too low and doesn't bounce high enough off the fabric to allow free movement. I lowered the foot pressure to nothing and still the foot doesn't lift high enough. I was wondering if anyone has a foot that has been successful or ?? I've similarly found low shank walking feet can be iffy on this machine because of the spot where it hits on the needle clamp. I'm suspecting I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up to every FMQ with this machine!

Candace

Yeah, I'm with you on this one. The only parts machine I have is a 332 Pfaff. The motor belt snapped when I had tried to put the motor back in after cleaning it. And it's a $70 belt. I didn't spend that on the machine:< That's what you get messing with a 50-60 year old belt:<

chris_quilts

Over the weekend, went back to drool over Pfaff 130 that is in a sewing repair shop. Price is $400 which I feel is steep. One of the gals working there said "it was expensiver (which she assured me was a real word!) because of prices on Ebay for these types of machines." So, I went onto Ebay and found that the several Pfaff 130s which are not selling for quite that much, although one was clearly intended by seller as a parts machine, so am wondering where their prices come from. He does have some nice vintage machines but pricey, very pricey for my pocketbook. I would like a 130 but don't need to have one because I have lots of other good vintage machines. DH agrees it's nice but way too pricey for his wallet. What do y'all think? ~ Chris

miriam

I do not totally hate parts machines. I have one Singer 500 for parts. She has donated so many parts for so many machines it isn't funny. I would have spent a small fortune on parts if I hadn't bought that machine. I think if you have more than one of that kind you will find it is better to have a source of parts than to buy on line.