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Saturday 23 July 2022
Servicing a Janome MyExcel
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Guide to servicing a Janome MyExcel For the past couple of years I've been working as a sewing machine technician (yes, really, legitima...
Sunday 25 April 2021
Husqvarna 6440
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These are called Vikings in the US and UK and made in Sweden until about 1976. They have several very common issues. In fact they're so...
Sunday 19 April 2020
Elna Supermatic
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This machine is from the hoard I'm supposed to fix and sell (I'm doing the responsible thing and not selling during the lockdown). T...
Saturday 11 April 2020
Bernina 740 Industrie
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This machine was found on Gumtree and was in Melbourne but it was the start of December and I was driving down there (it's 1,750 KM from...
Sunday 26 January 2020
Singer spade connector power connectors
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I had a lot of trouble with these when I started with old sewing machines, because some had been rewired wrongly, and nearly all the rest we...
Saturday 6 July 2019
1950s Phoenix 283 Automatic
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This was given to me a few days back. It had obviously not been used for years. The round rubber belt was broken, but it was so neglected th...
Sunday 30 June 2019
1970s Singer bobbin gear replacement
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I was asked if I could fix someone's Singer 514 because it "didn't work". The patient A cursory inspection told me t...
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