Members cdthayer Posted June 2, 2009 Members Report Posted June 2, 2009 Hey all! Turns out the flywheel was loose! I feel so silly now, it's stitching perfect now. Thanks so much for that suggestion, if we had not checked that, we would've went to the shop. However, the knob in the center in the flywheel doesn't want to STAY tightened. Any ideas how to keep it from loosening? Years of tightening and loosening the clutch to wind bobbins, if oil wasn't applied to the threads every once in a while, would wear the threads down to where they fit a little "sloppy" and back off with use. An old remedy was to wrap sewing thread around the threads to gently "jam" the threads. Put some oil on the threads and your added "thread wrap" to help slow down additional wear. Plumber's Teflon thread tape works on the same principal, and provides both the "jam" plus the lubrication. CD Quote "I sew, I sew, so it's off to work I go....." My sewing machines:Adler 205-370 (Hand Crank), Adler 205-64 (Hand Crank), Consew 226 (Clutch/Speed Reducer), Singer 111G156 (Hand Crank or Clutch), Singer 111W153 (Clutch), Singer 20U33 (Clutch), Singer 78-3 Needlefeed (Treadle), Singer 20U (Treadle), Singer 29K70 (x2) (Both Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 96-40 w/Darning Foot (Treadle), Singer 31-15 w/Roller Foot (Treadle), Singer 31-15 (Hand Crank), Singer 16-41 (Treadle), Singer 66-1 (Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 201K4 (Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 216G Zigzag (Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 319W (Treadle)
Members ponygirl Posted June 2, 2009 Author Members Report Posted June 2, 2009 will do...thanks guys! I'm so excited to make my first pair of chinks Quote
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