How to Replace a Power Cord on a Vintage 1950s Pinnock Sewing Machine & Repair a Cracked Foot Pedal
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2023
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Christine loves her vintage Pinnock sewing machine, but the cord was a little dodgy - so time for a repair video as we fix up this 1950s Aussie classic!
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Snap! I started rewiring a very similar era machine last night. The rubber insulation has turned to mush and the sticky mess that the lighting cable has made I side the machine is a sight to behold. Not to mention a probable fire risk. Thanks for the videos.
Thanks for watching! Hope you got your machine fixed up ok 👍😊
Hubby and enjoyed this one, we love your honesty with the whoops!!! I too have a cracked foot controller, we will try the JB weld, Christine will be very happy for sure
Thanks Faye! JB weld is very handy stuff! 👍😀
Christine is going to like having her sewing machine fixed. Of course her jobs "jump the queue". Thanks for sharing
Thanks Cynthia - she always has a free ticket to the front of the queue ❤
I had a shot every time you said J B Weld, I am quite drunk now 😂, kidding, great video, thanks Chris.
Hahaha, the JB Weld game! Love it! 🤣🤣
Chris, that circlip you had in the pedal is quite a common style, when I repair magneto's if the magneto covers need repair I use Araldite mixed with a paint powder to match the colour of the bakelite
That's a good idea with the araldite! Thanks mate! 😊👍
A good repair and so nice you can look after Christine and help keep her safe. I'm getting the impression she looks after you quite well.
Hope her shoulder is improving steadily too.
Thanks Dee. Yes, she looks after me very well! I'm lucky to have found her ❤ Shoulder is going pretty well but she's a little frustrated with the slow recovery..
It's funny Chris, growing up in the UK appliances hardly ever came with a plug and it was up to the consumer to buy one and wire it themselves. Of course it's different now and that's a good thing. While I'm sure that there were people back in the day who wired plugs wrong and zapped themselves, overwhelmingly people made out ok. These days if you look at an appliance the wrong way there's an army of people ready to tell you that you're doing something terribly wrong!
Haha, there's something I quite like about people having to do it themselves - it's almost a 'natural selection' thing! 🤣🤣
My Mum had one of those when I was little I always remember the big white button on the front, good job with the repair. 😊
Thanks Janet! They certainly are a stylish machine - not to mention very well made! 👍😊
A well thought out, systematic approach to repairs, Chris. A thoroughly educational site that is well worth watching. Thanks for your work.
Many thanks mate, thanks for watching!
@@TheUltimateRecycleris the name pinnock a common name coz that's what my last name is 😊
Well done Chris. That foot pedal was very interesting and quite unexpected in the way it works. 👍
Yes Alex, that's the first I've seen like that - but I haven't pulled that many apart! 👍
This is a Japanese manufactured machine. Only assembled in Australia. Same as the USA Morse machines, all made in Japan. Quality machine, but not Australian. Wernard motor is Australian made.
Thanks Patricia! A little more reading confirms that in the 1950s they were indeed made by Toyota in Japan - secretly, due to the ill feeling towards the Japanese after WW2. They even ground off the 'Toyota' name in the cast base and put 'Made in Australia' stickers on some! Thanks for clarifying - that's very interesting!
Beauty of a machine. I even like the color. Wouldn't mind finding one like it someday.
I tend to stay away from bakealite products because of how easy they crack.
I wonder if those wire plastic welders that insert hot filaments into the platic would work on bakealite?
Thanks Kayle. I'm not sure bakelite melts like a normal plastic, so those filament things probably wouldn't work. I love the look of bakelite but yes, it is very brittle!
@@TheUltimateRecycler I did some research and discovered that the one thing you should never do to Bakelite is heat it up. Apparently it contains formaldehyde and asbestos, both of which are released when the material heats up. So don't try melting it back together. Bad iDEA
Exactly how i would have done it Chris! but i would have cut through the inner wires when cutting the outer sheath. So i leave the lengths longer because I'd have to re cut the sheath. Then very carefully, put the plugs on. Good fix!
Haha, yeah some care is required with that part Michael! 🤣 Thanks 👍
Same in SA “competent persons” can replace plugs, cords.
I think it's pretty much everywhere except Qld!
you might want to check the laws about rewiring. you are not allowed to use that original 3 pin plug. it has to be a Australasian standard three pin plug, with part insulation on the Active/Line and Neutral pins. you could also find if for some reason your house burns down due to a electrical fault with the appliance. It could result in you losing your home insurance cover.
Thanks Greendog. Good point, and if I was re-selling (and testing & tagging), I would have to have a modern three pin plug fitted. I would include the original plug as a collector would want the original fittings. I should have mentioned that.
As we are not selling it and there will only be home use on odd occasions, I wanted to keep it original and true to the era. That's also why I'd like to fit a cloth covered cord when available. I'm very confident this unit will never cause a fire as it's only plugged in while in use and with only a basic electric motor and a light globe (and full metal construction), there's absolutely no chance at all it could burn anything other than producing some annoying smoke if something ever did fuse. Thanks for watching and your comments 👍
Most jobs need a third hand! 😆
Sometimes even a fourth Geoff! 🤣
That y I not living in Qld,😉
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You can't point out dangerous faults with one breath and say 'safe' with the other breath. There's more to appliance testing then getting your box to come up with a pass.
At 14m 05s Do I see a L for live where you've connected the neutral?
Dangerous is not dangerous in a controlled situation Martin. I take your point, but the old cord was safe to use for an initial run of the machine for Christine's short term purpose. Long term it needed replacing - and as you've seen, it was. The wire you refer to was for the foot controller and it was fitted exactly the way it came off.
Perhaps it was wired wrong to start with by someone else!@@TheUltimateRecycler
@@martincowie4520 Perhaps - but it makes no difference to how the controller works.
Who the hell is Christian pinnock who is he i don't know the guy i might have seen him around he's a very unstable weird person 😂
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