How and where to grease and oil a Singer 301: Singer Restoration Series part 25
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
- This video shows you how and where to properly grease and oil a Singer 301.
Follow along as I disassemble and restore a Singer 301. In this series I will show you how to remove parts, clean, troubleshoot and then reassemble the 301. Here is the link to the full playlist:
• Full Singer 301 Restor...
Learn more about Sewing Machine Rehab at: www.sewingmachinerehab.com
Look below for links to most of the products you will need:
Grease wick for your 301 motor: sewingmachinerehab.com/shop/o...
Oil wicks for Singer 301: sewingmachinerehab.com/shop/o...
The Singer Featherweight Shop sells some supplies you need for your 301: singer-featherweight.com/?aff=57
List of supplies and links:
Various sized flat head screw drivers such as...
Chapman screwdrivers Kit No. 9600: amzn.to/47R4n7N
Craftsman Ratcheting Offset Screwdriver: amzn.to/3Ehii9o
Penetrating oil, I love Aerokroil by Kano: amzn.to/3R1a25h
Lily White Sewing Machine Oil: amzn.to/3Ej1O0F
Sew-Retro Sewing Machine Grease: singer-featherweight.com/prod...
91% Isopropyl Alcohol: amzn.to/45tO7rv
Zymol Cleaner Wax: amzn.to/3P05c5o
Krud Kutter: amzn.to/3Ek2inh
Krud Kutter - The Must for Rust: amzn.to/3R2lKfR
Regular Cotton Swabs: amzn.to/3YW22nS
Pointy Cotton Swabs: amzn.to/3ECINXn
Old cotton t-shirts cut into pieces or other rags
Blue shop towels: amzn.to/45yO2D6
Sandwich bags (to keep parts together)
New Bed cushions for your 301: singer-featherweight.com/prod...
New bobbin winding tire: singer-featherweight.com/prod...
New 301 Drip Pad: singer-featherweight.com/prod...
New LED lightbulb for your 301: singer-featherweight.com/prod...
New motor brushes for your 301: singer-featherweight.com/prod...
New electronic style foot control (foot control only for machines with separate power cord): amzn.to/3r2S9IB
New power cord: amzn.to/3EuNK4q
New electronic style foot control (for 301’s without separate foot control plug): amzn.to/45tsNCH
Feeler gauge for setting feed dog height and presser foot height: amzn.to/3YZJbbq
Thread tension meter: singer-featherweight.com/prod...
Tweezers: amzn.to/45Os7r7
Several small artist paint brushes and a 1" chip brush (you can buy on Amazon but they are cheaper at stores like Walmart and Harbor Freight)
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a long time ago ,my mother worked in the factory building these ......the people building these cared alot about their product.......
Wow, Thank you for sharing this. I wonder if she knew how many people would still love sewing with them even to this day? I love the machines and enjoy working with them so much, hopefully I take the same care as they did when they were building them. I appreciate what your mother did!
I just found your channel after I brought home a two-tone Singer 301A. Love how you're so thorough and to the detail on your explanations...I'm learning so much from your video series👍
That is great to hear! Thank you! Good luck with your new machine :)
Thanks for your videos; they are so helpful and you did such a beautiful job on that 301. I just got a mocha 301 and I’m just thrilled and want to do all the maintenance myself. I can maintain my longarm but know next to nothing about a DSM!
Thank you! I think the 301’s are easy to maintain, not much can go wrong with them. The more time you spend with the machine the more confident you will get. Hopefully my videos help build your confidence, the 301’s are excellent machines!
Thank you for the time you take to share these vids with us. I am happy to see you are still at it. I hope you have a terrific weekend. Blessings
Don't forget to grease the motor - on the motor you can see the chrome tube with the hole in it. It can only hold so much, so squeeze it in until you can't put any more in. A properly lubricated motor makes a huge difference.
You are correct! I looked back through this video and the one on reassembling the motor and I don't see where I mentioned filling the grease port. I will have to add that in the future. Thank you!
Excellent Information. Thank You For Sharing.
I was hoping to see you lubricate the motor, why didn't you show that?
Hi! In this series we took care of the grease wick when we reassembled the motor which is why I left it out. If your motor has a little silver port on the bottom there should be a hole in that tube that you can pump a little grease into. Some of the motors didn’t have the ports, they removed them from the design later on. If you haven’t watched my 301 motor disassembly and reassembly videos, check them out. Even if you don’t take your motor apart they will help you understand how it works. I hope that helps! I should have at least pointed out the port in this video so thank you for pointing that out!
Another great video! I have a question about the gears on a 201. Do you grease those gears? I noticed in the original service manual that all of the gears are to be oiled.
Hi! From what I understand the manuals are correct. The gears are meshed so perfectly that you just need to oil them, you don’t need to grease them. When in doubt, I would always go with whatever the Singer manuals said. That doesn’t mean you won’t find a 201 where someone greased the gears at some point. I’d clean something like that up and go back to oiling and see how it runs. If anyone else has an opinion on this, chime in!
@@SewingMachineRehab thank you for your response!
How often do you recommend adding grease once the machine has been restored and used?
Well, that depends on how often you sew with it! If it isn’t often (like once a month for a couple hours at most) then every 4-6 months I would check it and see if it needs a little extra. If you sew 3 or more times a week then I would check once a week and paint a little on with a brush if they need it. It really helps to keep a little kit of grease, oil and a brush handy and you can do the maintenance in minutes!