What a pain these lights are. I got through the two larger rings OK, but trying to put the small one back on was a royal PITA.. just couldn't get it on. SO frustrating, tried everything, pliers, screwdrivers, snap ring pliers with the tiny pointy ends.. Nothing but frustration... Then I thought I would try something different,, a box end wrench that fit over the end where the ring goes, 13 mm. fit over it without the ring, So I put the small ring on the nub where it is supposed to go, and then ran the wires through the box end wrench, and tried centering the ring with the wrench over the top of it, and pushed down hard, and about the second try pushing down on the ring with the 13mm box end wrench, the darn thing popped on. YAY.. I'm going to try that again on the next one that I do, which will be soon. I do think the snap rings with the wholes for the pliers look fine.. I might go that route next time..
You hereby win the brilliance award for tool workarounds! ✨🥇🔥 Nicely done for sure. That smaller ring is truly a PITA and I love how you got it back on. I just pinned your comment to the top and hope others will see it and save the aggravation.
@@andytubesewing1953 Maybe it was just lucky that the box end wrench worked? IDK.. but I sure did a lot of swearing through the whole process before the wrench. lol. I just picked up a 15-91 from the Salvation Army for 10 bucks, $8.00 and change with my senior discount. LOL....When I get board I just go buy (rescue) another vintage singer.. So nice to hear from you..! !! I'm still watching your videos.. they're the best on YT.. for vintage sewing machines.!
@@andytubesewing1953 Saving them is easy, thanks in good part to your awesome videos.!! I'm a visual learner, It's like sitting next to you while you tackle any repair. I love working on these old beauties. I even sew a little bit every now and then. but working on the machines is much more fun and satisfying .. I think I have ? 18 Singers now.. Thank you so much for all your help.. 🙏
I know others here are commenting to say the same thing I'm feeling - incredibly grateful that you've given us all you have, hoping that your health will turn around (and the sooner the better) and not-so-secretly hoping that you'll be able to return to us with more videos one day. Take care, Andy - and know that we all understand. While we all love this channel, you and your health are much, much more precious to us. Lots of love... Megan
Dear Andy, I just read your most recent video. I have been wanting to send you a message for a while now. Last Fall I found a Singer 404. I bought it because of your 40? videos on the 404. I had great success strictly because of your help. I have since restored Singer Red-eye and 3 Singer 128s. I am just a 57 year old married woman who loves you very much because you have enriched my life by helping me find a new and useful hobby. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I tell everyone here in Wisconsin about your videos. XXXOOO
Oh Andy, I feel like I know you. Your warm personality comes through so strongly in your videos, I feel like you are a friend, not just a teacher. I’m including you in my daily prayers. Lord, please look down in love and compassion on Andy, and pour out your mercy and grace upon him. Amen. Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me O Lord and I shall be healed; save me and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
I just read that you might not be back to us 😢. I never thought I could be attached to a UA-camr this way. I have learned so much from you. I’ll keep you in my positive thoughts and you’ll be back to us! Thank you! ❤️ Nana from 1946
Hello Andy! I just wanted to thank you for all your precious videos, for your great knowledge,for everything that you've done . I am so sorry to hear about your medical problems, I just hope you will win that time and I will pray for you. Your videos are the only reason I didn't trash two vintage sewing machines and I am almost fixed them completely. And I am so happy and enjoying it. Take care, Andy, you're a wonderful person .
Thanks, Andy, for sharing your wisdom and humor with all of us! Because of you, we have learned a lot about saving these wonderful old machines, and more generations will in the future as well. My prayers are with you!
So very saddened to hear of your continued health issues Andy, wishing you the best and many thanks for all the insight and help you have provided the VSM community
Hi Andy, I just wanted you to know how much I appreciate all your helpful videos. Your wealth of knowledge and generous spirit is such a great addition to the sewing machine repair groups I follow. I hope you know you are loved by so many of us “andytube” groupies. Grateful for you, Cara
I want to thank you for your helpful videos! You changed so many people’s lives with your knowledge/passion about vintage sewing machines. Each time I had issues with my Singer 15, your channel always helped! Now, I’m fully restoring sewing machines. Thank You Andy Tube. I wish you the best of health! And hope you return back to UA-cam again.
Dear Andy, I’m very sorry to learn that you’re struggling with health issues. I’m afraid I came rather late to the party, as it were, in discovering your channel, but know that the kindness and wisdom you’ve poured into your channel has allowed me to build the confidence to repair my own vintage machines, as well as encourage others to do likewise. Thank you for that. Moreover, with your help, I was able to repair and refurbish 401A’s, as presents, for both my mom and my sister, who are now - again, thanks to you - vintage Singer devotees. You’ve given me and my family a gift (of knowledge) that keeps on giving, and we’re all grateful. We’ll keep you and your family in our thoughts and hope you that have peace and comfort in the days to come. Thank you again, kind sir. Be safe and well. - M
Another thought... I am so grateful to have learned from you that many antique and vintage machines run quietly and feel so smooth after a good cleaning and oiling. I brought my new 1919 Singer 128 hand crank to a quilting workshop last month. My sewing friend were surprised by how quietly it runs. Many of them think I have super mechanical skills, but I say no, and I tell them I learn a lot from your channel. Plus, the old Singer black straight stitchers are so easy. Thanks for giving me the confidence to service my old machines myself. It's so fun and rewarding. Take care. Andy, thanks from the bottom of my heart.
Hi Andy, I just watched your latest UA-cam. I'm so sorry to hear you're leaving. I was just going to tell you how much oil my sewing machine is using. I sewed two waist packs out of cordura and my 503 started making a chirping sound. I finished my project and pulled the thread out and gave it a good listen. The chirp was coming from the top front of the machine. I started oiling and the chirp went away. I just oiled it about 6 months ago and thought it was going to be plenty. I went through oiling the whole thing and the motor hum went away and control was better and everything. So I guess every time I start a project from now on I'll lube the ol' girl. As always I have to say thanks for all the time and effort into your sewing machine videos. They are great studies of mechanical ingenuity through the years. So, thankyou very much. Ralph-
A great comment, Ralph. ⭐ In more "modern" manuals like for the 503A, it just says oil "occasionally" and "periodically" kind of leaving it up to you. The manuals for the older models (think black finish) would say things like oil "regularly", "as used" and maybe the best insight was the one that stated, "if the machine is used every day then oil it every day". Most of the oiling points on the 503A do not have storage capacity. That's why the manual says "one drop of oil". If you washed the machine with Krud Kutter I would oil it for each project. Over time you'll notice it won't need as much. There is NO PLACE on the motor that needs oiling, period. The steel gears and Textolite gear on the handwheel can be greased less often as the grease tends to cling to those parts longer, but no need to slather them with grease, just a light coating. Your 503A will outlive you if taken care of so be sure to update your will. Thanks for saving the machine, Ralph, and happy sewing.
Thank you so much for this video! I just got a 15-91 last week, and i needed to replace the light, so this is very helpful, as will be the rest of your videos as I get to know this machine. Much appreciated! I’m sorry you will no longer be doing videos for now, but your health comes first and foremost, so very understandable. Please take care of yourself, and know there are a lot of us out here who so appreciate your help with these old dames, and who have you in our prayers and are rooting for you!
After seeing your last video, I want to cry. Everyone else said it better than I can. So very grateful to you for helping me through many frustrating sewing machine repairs. My heart is heavy upon hearing of your health struggles. I will be praying for a miraculous recovery in Jesus name. You are a very precious person. I feel blessed and very grateful to have known you even though I never met you. God bless you and I sincerely hope you will be back soon. Much love and hugs to you.
followup question for the 66. I have been searching for a spoked wheel with 3.5" pulley, thy all seem to be 2 5/8". Do they exist? @@andytubesewing1953
Tah-daaaah, let there be light! You can play jokes on us Andy, but I don’t think any of us are leaving any time soon! I really appreciate this one, I need to look around because I am pretty sure I have one or more of those that need fixed. I have one of the small round, tube-like metal lights that is completely apart from together. Too afraid to tackle that one, maybe this will help my courage factor! P.S. Sewing machine lights is one of the only places I totally like LED lights. They burn out too often in the house, and a shop-light one nearly caught our garage on fire! Take care Andy! Jonee
I have a manual showing the parts of that lamp with the narrow metal shade and woo... there sure are a lot of parts to it. Easy does it. Thanks for watching.
@@andytubesewing1953 Yes, I vaguely recall the bits and pieces falling off right and left. They are all sitting in a plastic shoe/storage box in the sewing room closet - waiting for me to get some brave inspiration, haha. Take It Easy is the motto here, as you know…. Happy Valentine’s Day!
A great video. Thank you! One has to wonder why Singer used three really strong steel snap rings to hold together a small Bakelite light fixture. Not one, not two, but three. Those snap rings are strong enough to hold down an aircraft carrier in a hurricane. Why in the world they decided that they needed that kind of fastener is one of those mysteries that I don't think I'll ever figure out.
I wondered the same thing... why the overkill? They only used one smaller one to hold the alternator shaft bearing on the PA style Slant-O-Matic Motor. Thanks for watching.
Hi Mr. Andy - I just referred several folks trying to figure out this Crazy Lamp to your page here. I DID manage to get those pesky 3 rings off the light base last night. I just couldn't leave them mocking me overnight after watching Parts 1 & 2. . Whew. I feel like I'm sitting next to you as you patiently explain what you're doing - and the things that can go awry! Good wishes and prayers for you and your family. You are a Treasure to us.
Crazy Light is right, haha. Impressive that you got those rings off. They bedeviled me at first and I imagined some deranged design engineer laughing at me from the afterlife. Really, thanks for sharing my channel with others. I appreciate it.
Thank you, Andy. I just saw your video and learned about your health issue. I am so grateful to find you on this platform and you have always been so genuinely kind. I just have pictured you being healthy, strong, and happy in my mind. Sending lots of love to you and your family. Can't wait to see your new videos. ❤
@@andytubesewing1953 I was so happy to hear from you, Andy. ❤ Thank you so much. It's a bright day here 😎. I was visioning you're taking a walk at the park enjoying the sun when I was walking back home after dropping off my kids to school this morning. Sending lots of loved to you. ❤💕💕💕
@@wingwong888 On the way to the Dr. this morning I did stop at a small neighborhood park to give some bread crumbs to the sparrows there. They are so chirpy and happy at sunup and it's a pleasant 15 minute stop.
@@andytubesewing1953 That's so lovely. Yes, small thing like this actually is very enjoyable. Keep smiling and laughing as that's the best therapy 😊. If you have a chance, please also check email. Thank you. ❤❤❤
I have to teach myself to solder just about every time I solder. About every 2 years or so I might have a little soldering job. By then my tip is all oxidized and won't solder. Major cleaning, can't find my solder, connection between tip and iron oxidizes so now I need to replace the tip after trying to flux my tip. And on and on. When I finally get everything together and get the wire on there I put my stuff away for another year or two. Thanks Andy, not need to apologize for soldering skill or technique. I think most people go through the same thing.
I get this completely! In the 70s I worked a year on the Main Connection Frame for a Telco company and soldered every day. Could do it in my sleep. Nowadays it's like learning how every time I drag the iron out, haha. Thank you for watching, Ralph.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching my channel. Here are all 16 of my model 15-91 videos: ua-cam.com/play/PLsCOZgzzaiKJftyGwzdDiWa9R6HFEACJo.html Take care, Jose.
Given the topic is lights on Singer sewing machines I thought I would share a bit of what I think of as interesting history. I have a 1924 Singer and it has a light in it made by General Electric, and printed in black letters on the glass of the bulb are the words “Made for Singer Sewing Machines”. No idea how old the bulb is, but it still works just fine.
That is a rare one; congratulations. I only know of the chrome spotlight that G.E. put on their "SewHandy" machine around 1928. singer-featherweight.com/blogs/schoolhouse/the-standard-ge-sewhandy-early-featherweight-history
@@andytubesewing1953 Thanks for the link. Fascinating. The fixture on mine is a chrome Singerlight fixture. The bulb itself has the printing on it. I've never seen one like it. I didn't know that GE made bulbs specifically for Singer and actually printed that information right on the end of the bulb.
Hi Andy. I much enjoyed seeing the insides of the light and how to rewire it. In the part “Install Ring Terms on Wire,” did you slip a piece of shrink wrap tubing over each half of the new wire before soldering (and then shrink appropriately it when done)? It looks like it to me. Just checking. My light does not need rewiring, but my motor wire will, at the least, need new ring terms, so I’m collecting the materials now for the motor wire. Also hoping you will show how you rewired your motor! I actually like the look of those new snap rings better than the original rings.
Yes, it is a type of shrink wrap but just barely bigger than the wire insulation. It is really there for reinforcement and it shrinks to the wire insulation just from the heat of the soldering. I don't cover the soldering spot with shrink wrap. I don't show in the video, but I wrap the solder spot several times with colored thread ( red & yellow) for insulation and bind it with a drop of crazy glue so it won't unravel. I want that short span of wire before the ring to have reinforcement as that seems to be where all the wire insulation cracks and gets damaged.
I had no idea, really. My neighbor gave it to me 20 years ago when he moved. I think you are correct as I looked it up at the OATEY website at this link: www.oatey.com/products/oatey-h2095-water-soluble-tinning-flux-833144171?upc=038753301402 Thanks for watching my channel, Ralph.
@@popheiz and now you've taught others; thank you. I wasn't taught anything about soldering. Interesting to see if the light on Ike develops "problems". The oldest wire soldering with this flux that I remember is a new locking female end to my outdoor extension cord. That was about 9 to 10 years ago. So far so good. Thanks for sharing. Was there anything you liked about my video or did you just want to critique my choice of flux?
@@andytubesewing1953 I enjoy your videos very much, I work on more modern machine usually. But, every now and again I get an old Singer or whatever to service.
@@meganmills6545 Thank you and I agree. Here was the conversation with my wife afterward. Me: Honey, look at this light. Her: what about it? Me: does it look OK to you? Her: yes, why wouldn't it? Me: well I put these different holding rings on and they stick up higher than the old. Her: Ok, and... Me: well, do they bother you? Her: honey, when I sew I look at the needle not the light in the back. Me: Ok then, thanks... no worries.
@@andytubesewing1953 I'm 100% with your wife on that one. As much as I love the beauty of old machines, I fix 'em up because I want them to be used. When it comes to anything electrical I want it safe and clean - I'm not looking at it while I sew. And if it's on the back of the machine I never look at it all unless I'm cleaning and oiling the machine. The LED bulbs are so much better than the old ones too. I thought I'd never forget the time when I was a kid and didn't realise the bulbs got hot. Reaching through and fumbling about to figure out to raise the presser foot I got a very rapid education! But I did forget and, many years later when I was visiting a friend to help make matching Mum-and-daughter Winter nighties on her old 1950s Singer I had to learn that same lesson all over again! :-)
@@meganmills6545 Oh no! Once bitten twice shy, but twice bitten and you never forget. I love the LED. I think they are amazing. Those little tiny emitters put out so much light and barely get warm. We have some 1-watt night lights that put out enough light to dodge hitting the furniture. One of mankind's better inventions.
@@andytubesewing1953 andy !!!!! HUGGGGSSSSSSS!!!!!! OHH im so glad to hear from you!!!!! still prayting hard for you!!! thank you for repying;];];] still sending positive energy to you ;];];] remember the MIND RUNS THE BODY..WHAT YOU THINK....YOUR BODY WILL REACT... STAY POSITIVE ANDY...you are STRONGER THEN YOU KNOW!!! love you and wishing the very best for you!!!! HUGGS!!!
You did not see the unedited version 👀 I did forget to put the LED bulb in to begin with and had a good laugh at myself. That gave me the idea. Thanks for watching.
The light is probably 50+ years old. I do not know of anyone making replacement parts like the springs. You'd maybe have an easier time making new springs than finding just the springs for sale on sites like eBay, Facebook marketplace, etc. You can find the entire used light for sale there though. It also fits some models 66 so it is advertised for that too. As mentioned in my video you can find NEW replica lights like this; www.ebay.com/itm/291984864494?hash=item43fba774ee:g:HCUAAOSw9EZZkasB The used ones sell for $20 to $50 so shop around if you decide to go that way; www.ebay.com/itm/265504499052?var=565311671481&hash=item3dd14d256c:g:F28AAOSwxbhh5I0K I believe the light is part #195289 if yours is like the one in the video, and the springs/holder is part #195349. "Spring contact & holder".
@@andytubesewing1953 Thank you for the reply . I just found a good replacement light for it I was attached tp another singer i found on marketplace for 45.00. The hole machine was cheaper then buying the light. like your vid's and will be back for more , Thank again!
What a pain these lights are. I got through the two larger rings OK, but trying to put the small one back on was a royal PITA.. just couldn't get it on. SO frustrating, tried everything, pliers, screwdrivers, snap ring pliers with the tiny pointy ends.. Nothing but frustration... Then I thought I would try something different,, a box end wrench that fit over the end where the ring goes, 13 mm. fit over it without the ring, So I put the small ring on the nub where it is supposed to go, and then ran the wires through the box end wrench, and tried centering the ring with the wrench over the top of it, and pushed down hard, and about the second try pushing down on the ring with the 13mm box end wrench, the darn thing popped on. YAY.. I'm going to try that again on the next one that I do, which will be soon. I do think the snap rings with the wholes for the pliers look fine.. I might go that route next time..
You hereby win the brilliance award for tool workarounds! ✨🥇🔥 Nicely done for sure. That smaller ring is truly a PITA and I love how you got it back on. I just pinned your comment to the top and hope others will see it and save the aggravation.
@@andytubesewing1953 Maybe it was just lucky that the box end wrench worked? IDK.. but I sure did a lot of swearing through the whole process before the wrench. lol. I just picked up a 15-91 from the Salvation Army for 10 bucks, $8.00 and change with my senior discount. LOL....When I get board I just go buy (rescue) another vintage singer.. So nice to hear from you..! !! I'm still watching your videos.. they're the best on YT.. for vintage sewing machines.!
@@connieworcester55 I love that you save them and thanks for the compliment. 🙏
@@andytubesewing1953 Saving them is easy, thanks in good part to your awesome videos.!! I'm a visual learner, It's like sitting next to you while you tackle any repair. I love working on these old beauties. I even sew a little bit every now and then. but working on the machines is much more fun and satisfying .. I think I have ? 18 Singers now.. Thank you so much for all your help.. 🙏
I know others here are commenting to say the same thing I'm feeling - incredibly grateful that you've given us all you have, hoping that your health will turn around (and the sooner the better) and not-so-secretly hoping that you'll be able to return to us with more videos one day. Take care, Andy - and know that we all understand. While we all love this channel, you and your health are much, much more precious to us. Lots of love... Megan
Dear Andy, I just read your most recent video. I have been wanting to send you a message for a while now. Last Fall I found a Singer 404. I bought it because of your 40? videos on the 404. I had great success strictly because of your help. I have since restored Singer Red-eye and 3 Singer 128s. I am just a 57 year old married woman who loves you very much because you have enriched my life by helping me find a new and useful hobby. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I tell everyone here in Wisconsin about your videos. XXXOOO
Oh Andy, I feel like I know you. Your warm personality comes through so strongly in your videos, I feel like you are a friend, not just a teacher. I’m including you in my daily prayers. Lord, please look down in love and compassion on Andy, and pour out your mercy and grace upon him. Amen. Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me O Lord and I shall be healed; save me and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
✨🙏✨ thank you, Susan.
I just read that you might not be back to us 😢. I never thought I could be attached to a UA-camr this way. I have learned so much from you. I’ll keep you in my positive thoughts and you’ll be back to us!
Thank you! ❤️
Nana from 1946
Hello Andy! I just wanted to thank you for all your precious videos, for your great knowledge,for everything that you've done . I am so sorry to hear about your medical problems, I just hope you will win that time and I will pray for you. Your videos are the only reason I didn't trash two vintage sewing machines and I am almost fixed them completely. And I am so happy and enjoying it. Take care, Andy, you're a wonderful person .
Thanks, Andy, for sharing your wisdom and humor with all of us! Because of you, we have learned a lot about saving these wonderful old machines, and more generations will in the future as well. My prayers are with you!
So very saddened to hear of your continued health issues Andy, wishing you the best and many thanks for all the insight and help you have provided the VSM community
Hi Andy, I just wanted you to know how much I appreciate all your helpful videos. Your wealth of knowledge and generous spirit is such a great addition to the sewing machine repair groups I follow.
I hope you know you are loved by so many of us “andytube” groupies.
Grateful for you, Cara
I want to thank you for your helpful videos! You changed so many people’s lives with your knowledge/passion about vintage sewing machines.
Each time I had issues with my Singer 15, your channel always helped! Now, I’m fully restoring sewing machines. Thank You Andy Tube. I wish you the best of health! And hope you return back to UA-cam again.
Dear Andy, I’m very sorry to learn that you’re struggling with health issues. I’m afraid I came rather late to the party, as it were, in discovering your channel, but know that the kindness and wisdom you’ve poured into your channel has allowed me to build the confidence to repair my own vintage machines, as well as encourage others to do likewise. Thank you for that. Moreover, with your help, I was able to repair and refurbish 401A’s, as presents, for both my mom and my sister, who are now - again, thanks to you - vintage Singer devotees. You’ve given me and my family a gift (of knowledge) that keeps on giving, and we’re all grateful. We’ll keep you and your family in our thoughts and hope you that have peace and comfort in the days to come. Thank you again, kind sir. Be safe and well. - M
Another thought... I am so grateful to have learned from you that many antique and vintage machines run quietly and feel so smooth after a good cleaning and oiling. I brought my new 1919 Singer 128 hand crank to a quilting workshop last month. My sewing friend were surprised by how quietly it runs. Many of them think I have super mechanical skills, but I say no, and I tell them I learn a lot from your channel. Plus, the old Singer black straight stitchers are so easy. Thanks for giving me the confidence to service my old machines myself. It's so fun and rewarding. Take care. Andy, thanks from the bottom of my heart.
Sending healing prayers and 💖
Hi Andy, I just watched your latest UA-cam. I'm so sorry to hear you're leaving. I was just going to tell you how much oil my sewing machine is using. I sewed two waist packs out of cordura and my 503 started making a chirping sound. I finished my project and pulled the thread out and gave it a good listen. The chirp was coming from the top front of the machine. I started oiling and the chirp went away. I just oiled it about 6 months ago and thought it was going to be plenty. I went through oiling the whole thing and the motor hum went away and control was better and everything. So I guess every time I start a project from now on I'll lube the ol' girl. As always I have to say thanks for all the time and effort into your sewing machine videos. They are great studies of mechanical ingenuity through the years. So, thankyou very much. Ralph-
A great comment, Ralph. ⭐ In more "modern" manuals like for the 503A, it just says oil "occasionally" and "periodically" kind of leaving it up to you. The manuals for the older models (think black finish) would say things like oil "regularly", "as used" and maybe the best insight was the one that stated, "if the machine is used every day then oil it every day". Most of the oiling points on the 503A do not have storage capacity. That's why the manual says "one drop of oil". If you washed the machine with Krud Kutter I would oil it for each project. Over time you'll notice it won't need as much. There is NO PLACE on the motor that needs oiling, period. The steel gears and Textolite gear on the handwheel can be greased less often as the grease tends to cling to those parts longer, but no need to slather them with grease, just a light coating. Your 503A will outlive you if taken care of so be sure to update your will. Thanks for saving the machine, Ralph, and happy sewing.
@@andytubesewing1953 What a helpful and humorous reply (about updating his will). You are so awesome, Andy!
@@logicalblueberry 😊
Thank you so much for this video! I just got a 15-91 last week, and i needed to replace the light, so this is very helpful, as will be the rest of your videos as I get to know this machine. Much appreciated! I’m sorry you will no longer be doing videos for now, but your health comes first and foremost, so very understandable. Please take care of yourself, and know there are a lot of us out here who so appreciate your help with these old dames, and who have you in our prayers and are rooting for you!
After seeing your last video, I want to cry. Everyone else said it better than I can. So very grateful to you for helping me through many frustrating sewing machine repairs. My heart is heavy upon hearing of your health struggles. I will be praying for a miraculous recovery in Jesus name. You are a very precious person. I feel blessed and very grateful to have known you even though I never met you. God bless you and I sincerely hope you will be back soon. Much love and hugs to you.
Thanks and don't worry. Things tend to turn out the way they are meant to be. Be happy.
God bless you, Andy.
Hi ANdy, good theme song for this vid. I am done with my 328 now working on a 66.
Thanks. Model 66, a true classic machine. We still use the Class 66 bobbin they invented for this model. Have fun.
followup question for the 66. I have been searching for a spoked wheel with 3.5" pulley, thy all seem to be 2 5/8". Do they exist? @@andytubesewing1953
The end was my favorite (:
It's nice of you to say so. My attempt at humor. Thank you for watching.
No bulb!!! 😂
Tah-daaaah, let there be light! You can play jokes on us Andy, but I don’t think any of us are leaving any time soon! I really appreciate this one, I need to look around because I am pretty sure I have one or more of those that need fixed. I have one of the small round, tube-like metal lights that is completely apart from together. Too afraid to tackle that one, maybe this will help my courage factor!
P.S. Sewing machine lights is one of the only places I totally like LED lights. They burn out too often in the house, and a shop-light one nearly caught our garage on fire!
Take care Andy!
Jonee
I have a manual showing the parts of that lamp with the narrow metal shade and woo... there sure are a lot of parts to it. Easy does it. Thanks for watching.
@@andytubesewing1953 Yes, I vaguely recall the bits and pieces falling off right and left. They are all sitting in a plastic shoe/storage box in the sewing room closet - waiting for me to get some brave inspiration, haha. Take It Easy is the motto here, as you know…. Happy Valentine’s Day!
@@graymaquilter9641 Take it easy should be our national motto! I get it. Happy Hearts Day to you, too! 💝
@@andytubesewing1953 🙏🏻🌺🙏🏻 Thoughts and prayers, Andy. Every day!
A great video. Thank you!
One has to wonder why Singer used three really strong steel snap rings to hold together a small Bakelite light fixture. Not one, not two, but three.
Those snap rings are strong enough to hold down an aircraft carrier in a hurricane. Why in the world they decided that they needed that kind of fastener is one of those mysteries that I don't think I'll ever figure out.
I wondered the same thing... why the overkill? They only used one smaller one to hold the alternator shaft bearing on the PA style
Slant-O-Matic Motor. Thanks for watching.
Hi Mr. Andy - I just referred several folks trying to figure out this Crazy Lamp to your page here. I DID manage to get those pesky 3 rings off the light base last night. I just couldn't leave them mocking me overnight after watching Parts 1 & 2. . Whew. I feel like I'm sitting next to you as you patiently explain what you're doing - and the things that can go awry! Good wishes and prayers for you and your family. You are a Treasure to us.
Crazy Light is right, haha. Impressive that you got those rings off. They bedeviled me at first and I imagined some deranged design engineer laughing at me from the afterlife. Really, thanks for sharing my channel with others. I appreciate it.
I will miss your videos, please come back soon
LOTS OF LOVE LIGHT AND POSITIVE ENERGY AND PRAYERS for you andy....
Thanks for your patience when explaining things as you work on them.
I appreciate your comment, and thanks for watching my channel.
Thank you, Andy. I just saw your video and learned about your health issue. I am so grateful to find you on this platform and you have always been so genuinely kind. I just have pictured you being healthy, strong, and happy in my mind. Sending lots of love to you and your family. Can't wait to see your new videos. ❤
Your such a kind person; thank you. Positive thoughts are known to be helpful to all of us so thanks for sending them my way. 🙏❤
@@andytubesewing1953 I was so happy to hear from you, Andy. ❤ Thank you so much. It's a bright day here 😎. I was visioning you're taking a walk at the park enjoying the sun when I was walking back home after dropping off my kids to school this morning. Sending lots of loved to you. ❤💕💕💕
@@wingwong888 On the way to the Dr. this morning I did stop at a small neighborhood park to give some bread crumbs to the sparrows there. They are so chirpy and happy at sunup and it's a pleasant 15 minute stop.
@@andytubesewing1953 That's so lovely. Yes, small thing like this actually is very enjoyable. Keep smiling and laughing as that's the best therapy 😊. If you have a chance, please also check email. Thank you. ❤❤❤
Best wishes to you friend!! May the Lord's grace be with you always.
I have to teach myself to solder just about every time I solder. About every 2 years or so I might have a little soldering job. By then my tip is all oxidized and won't solder. Major cleaning, can't find my solder, connection between tip and iron oxidizes so now I need to replace the tip after trying to flux my tip. And on and on. When I finally get everything together and get the wire on there I put my stuff away for another year or two. Thanks Andy, not need to apologize for soldering skill or technique. I think most people go through the same thing.
I get this completely! In the 70s I worked a year on the Main Connection Frame for a Telco company and soldered every day. Could do it in my sleep. Nowadays it's like learning how every time I drag the iron out, haha. Thank you for watching, Ralph.
Hi,
Just wanted to say tank you! Very nice adventure plus talk.
Regards!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching my channel. Here are all 16 of my model 15-91 videos: ua-cam.com/play/PLsCOZgzzaiKJftyGwzdDiWa9R6HFEACJo.html Take care, Jose.
Thank you very much for your help 🌹
Thanks for watching and the nice comment. 🙏
🙏🙏 for your health ! Thank you for everything you have taught us ♥️ I appreciate your prompt response and help!
Excellent video.
Hey, Thank you! 🙏
Hey, Andy…appreciate your vids. Okay if I pray for you?
Prayers are always appreciated 🙏
@@andytubesewing1953 Doing in right now.
Thanks again Andy!
🙏 Thanks for watching.
I miss you.
Oh, Dawn; how I wish I was still making videos. Hoping that perhaps I can someday...
Given the topic is lights on Singer sewing machines I thought I would share a bit of what I think of as interesting history. I have a 1924 Singer and it has a light in it made by General Electric, and printed in black letters on the glass of the bulb are the words “Made for Singer Sewing Machines”. No idea how old the bulb is, but it still works just fine.
That is a rare one; congratulations. I only know of the chrome spotlight that G.E. put on their "SewHandy" machine around 1928.
singer-featherweight.com/blogs/schoolhouse/the-standard-ge-sewhandy-early-featherweight-history
@@andytubesewing1953 Thanks for the link. Fascinating. The fixture on mine is a chrome Singerlight fixture. The bulb itself has the printing on it. I've never seen one like it. I didn't know that GE made bulbs specifically for Singer and actually printed that information right on the end of the bulb.
Hi Andy. I much enjoyed seeing the insides of the light and how to rewire it. In the part “Install Ring Terms on Wire,” did you slip a piece of shrink wrap tubing over each half of the new wire before soldering (and then shrink appropriately it when done)? It looks like it to me. Just checking. My light does not need rewiring, but my motor wire will, at the least, need new ring terms, so I’m collecting the materials now for the motor wire. Also hoping you will show how you rewired your motor! I actually like the look of those new snap rings better than the original rings.
Yes, it is a type of shrink wrap but just barely bigger than the wire insulation. It is really there for reinforcement and it shrinks to the wire insulation just from the heat of the soldering. I don't cover the soldering spot with shrink wrap. I don't show in the video, but I wrap the solder spot several times with colored thread ( red & yellow) for insulation and bind it with a drop of crazy glue so it won't unravel. I want that short span of wire before the ring to have reinforcement as that seems to be where all the wire insulation cracks and gets damaged.
I own about 40 antique sewing machines
What type of flux are you using? Is it the type plumber's use?
I had no idea, really. My neighbor gave it to me 20 years ago when he moved. I think you are correct as I looked it up at the OATEY website at this link: www.oatey.com/products/oatey-h2095-water-soluble-tinning-flux-833144171?upc=038753301402
Thanks for watching my channel, Ralph.
@Andy Tube I was taught you use "rosin" Flux for electrical and acid Flux for plumbing. The acid could cause problems it the connection.
@@popheiz and now you've taught others; thank you. I wasn't taught anything about soldering. Interesting to see if the light on Ike develops "problems". The oldest wire soldering with this flux that I remember is a new locking female end to my outdoor extension cord. That was about 9 to 10 years ago. So far so good. Thanks for sharing. Was there anything you liked about my video or did you just want to critique my choice of flux?
@@andytubesewing1953 I enjoy your videos very much, I work on more modern machine usually. But, every now and again I get an old Singer or whatever to service.
@@popheiz Thank you. I'm glad you visit and hope you'll return. Take care.
One more thing. One time I had a little soldering job and my soldering gun went obsolete and couldn't get tips for it. Bingo, new soldering gun.
I love a good excuse to buy a new tool!
YAY!
Thanks for waiting 🙏
@@andytubesewing1953 It was worth it - and the pliers and circlip thingies are sooo much better to take on and off!
@@meganmills6545 Thank you and I agree. Here was the conversation with my wife afterward. Me: Honey, look at this light. Her: what about it? Me: does it look OK to you? Her: yes, why wouldn't it? Me: well I put these different holding rings on and they stick up higher than the old. Her: Ok, and... Me: well, do they bother you? Her: honey, when I sew I look at the needle not the light in the back. Me: Ok then, thanks... no worries.
@@andytubesewing1953 I'm 100% with your wife on that one. As much as I love the beauty of old machines, I fix 'em up because I want them to be used. When it comes to anything electrical I want it safe and clean - I'm not looking at it while I sew. And if it's on the back of the machine I never look at it all unless I'm cleaning and oiling the machine.
The LED bulbs are so much better than the old ones too. I thought I'd never forget the time when I was a kid and didn't realise the bulbs got hot. Reaching through and fumbling about to figure out to raise the presser foot I got a very rapid education! But I did forget and, many years later when I was visiting a friend to help make matching Mum-and-daughter Winter nighties on her old 1950s Singer I had to learn that same lesson all over again! :-)
@@meganmills6545 Oh no! Once bitten twice shy, but twice bitten and you never forget. I love the LED. I think they are amazing. Those little tiny emitters put out so much light and barely get warm. We have some 1-watt night lights that put out enough light to dodge hitting the furniture. One of mankind's better inventions.
i SINCERELY PRAY AND HOPE...andy is still doing ok.... just chking in.. prayers !!!!!!! has anyone heard anything...?
I always appreciate your prayers, Patty. ✨ Thanks for keeping me in mind 🙏
@@andytubesewing1953 andy !!!!! HUGGGGSSSSSSS!!!!!! OHH im so glad to hear from you!!!!! still prayting hard for you!!! thank you for repying;];];] still sending positive energy to you ;];];] remember the MIND RUNS THE BODY..WHAT YOU THINK....YOUR BODY WILL REACT... STAY POSITIVE ANDY...you are STRONGER THEN YOU KNOW!!! love you and wishing the very best for you!!!! HUGGS!!!
Andy you jokester you. "You just turn the switch and...and...
You did not see the unedited version 👀 I did forget to put the LED bulb in to begin with and had a good laugh at myself. That gave me the idea. Thanks for watching.
Any where i can get the copper spring contacts ? mine are broke and i really don't want to trash the ight.
The light is probably 50+ years old. I do not know of anyone making replacement parts like the springs. You'd maybe have an easier time making new springs than finding just the springs for sale on sites like eBay, Facebook marketplace, etc. You can find the entire used light for sale there though. It also fits some models 66 so it is advertised for that too. As mentioned in my video you can find NEW replica lights like this; www.ebay.com/itm/291984864494?hash=item43fba774ee:g:HCUAAOSw9EZZkasB The used ones sell for $20 to $50 so shop around if you decide to go that way; www.ebay.com/itm/265504499052?var=565311671481&hash=item3dd14d256c:g:F28AAOSwxbhh5I0K I believe the light is part #195289 if yours is like the one in the video, and the springs/holder is part #195349. "Spring contact & holder".
@@andytubesewing1953 Thank you for the reply . I just found a good replacement light for it I was attached tp another singer i found on marketplace for 45.00. The hole machine was cheaper then buying the light. like your vid's and will be back for more , Thank again!
@@billleitz9150 SCORE! Nicely done 👍
Old light bulb just too warm and uses more wattages.
For sure! My wife could not believe it when I put one on her machine the first time. Better light, less cost, and no heat.