helena Report post Posted June 18, 2016 (edited) Been to ismacs and online sources is there a singer book for shops or say factory service men manual that covers exact models like the 153 The manual I got is a bit skimpy -Helena Edited June 18, 2016 by helena Double post Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gottaknow Report post Posted June 18, 2016 I have all the original 153 manuals, and for a novice they are skimpy as you say. For some reason, Singer put more details for certain models. My 300W manuals are excellent, so are the 269 bartack machines. I've determined over the years that Singers manuals for lock stitch machines are really basic, and weren't written for beginners as they skip over a lot of information. I guess they assumed that mechanics were familiar enough with lock stitch machines they didn't go into a lot of detail. For the chainstitc class, the manuals are more detailed. The basics for setting all lock stitch machines are pretty common from machine to machine, so I think they assumed a lot. They weren't really written for hobbyists. Regards, Eric Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
