Apparently I'm Better At This Than I Thought

[sakon76]

Went over to my parents' after work. Inquired about the sewing machine. Was told (and show) that it now works freely, with nothing being done to it beyond my attempts last night. Apparently my miraculous powers of sewing machine faith healing just needed time to work on it?

"Begone, foul demons that clog this Singer!"

(For the record, all I did was take out the manual, oil it at all the points the manual indicated oiling, and hold a hairdryer to various bits for a short while.)

Comments

[flamekaat.livejournal.com]

I has ownership of a new in 1945 used until up to a year ago singer sewing machine model15-91. I am awaiting a cord replacement as I suspect cousin A of tossing the old one if she found it in grans remaining stuff. this brings up the question if you intend to use it how often should you oil such a machine? I have the manuals but a sewing person's knowledge would be appreciated here, and some book recommendations for an utter newbie to machine sewing who will never in her life be able to take a class unless all the planets align with Libra on the day of her birthday and allow there to be one when she is 130 miles from home in actual town with such classes.

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

Ooh, 15s are quite nice! My treadle is a 15-88, which is the exact same machine as yours except that it's powered by a treadle instead of a motor. As to how often, ideally you want to oil it about every eight hours of sewing time. The grease cups for most motors, I believe, are recommended to be refilled once a year. (My only electric Singer is a 101, which I haven't gotten to play with yet, so I'm more iffy on motors than mechanics.)

As to books... hmm. Those I'm not so good on. There aren't any community colleges near you offering sewing classes? That's how I learned to sew. My best suggestion would probably be to hit up your local library or bookstore and see what books they have in their sewing section, browse through a few, and decide which look like they'd be of the most use to you. That, or browse Google and YouTube for sewing tutorials.