I had a similar issue with my Davis VF when I accidentally acquired black knit fabric as a liner to cotton floral drapes, ….eventually the elasticity in the knit will weaken and the drapes will finally lay properly. The Vertical Feed is my favorite machine. I set it up in a Minnesota treadle parlor cabinet. Treadles are far superior because I seem to have great difficulty with flywheel control on those demon electrical machines.
I have that model, from the original owner's family-- great grandpa bought it for great grandma on February 14, 1914. It's my go-to for straigt-ish line quilting It has one really aggravating quirk; the stitch length dial works itself to shorter and shorter stitches. For now I have rubber band looped around it to keep it from turning, but I'd like to figure out a permanent fix. The shuttle is pretty noisy, too, so I'm going to check out that bracket to see if I can not only quiet it, but also reduce unnecessary movement and wear on the oh-so-rare shuttle.
If you have the key for your Davis (the flat metal thing with a variety of sides), use the side with two prongs. This fits into the inside of the knob. Hold the outside and turn the key to tighten. I had that problem on my other machine and tightening it helped stopped its love for moving. If this still continues to happen, there is a funny washer inside if you unscrew it the who way which allows it to spin but it also is springy. If that springy washer (like a smaller and thinner tension disc) is too flat, it will not hold the knob -- you could try adding a rubber o-ring inside to help. For the noise, there were a couple of things which helped me. First, I adjust the shuttle so that it did not move about so much. The second is that I checked that the spring support for the shuttle (at the flat end) is pushing the shuttle enough against the race and also not hitting the slide plates. I had to adjust the shuttle carrier to lower it a bit to stop it hitting the slide plates. After that, and with adding the metal wire, it is finally lovely and quiet. Good luck with your machine.
Hi James, I just bought a Davis VF and there's no shuttle. Is it the same length than the Singer ones? What about the bobbins? Also what kind of needle is needed? Can I find them easily? Thank you for your answer.
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I had a similar issue with my Davis VF when I accidentally acquired black knit fabric as a liner to cotton floral drapes,
….eventually the elasticity in the knit will weaken and the drapes will finally lay properly.
The Vertical Feed is my favorite machine. I set it up in a Minnesota treadle parlor cabinet. Treadles are far superior because I seem to have great difficulty with flywheel control on those demon electrical machines.
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I have that model, from the original owner's family-- great grandpa bought it for great grandma on February 14, 1914.
It's my go-to for straigt-ish line quilting
It has one really aggravating quirk; the stitch length dial works itself to shorter and shorter stitches. For now I have rubber band looped around it to keep it from turning, but I'd like to figure out a permanent fix.
The shuttle is pretty noisy, too, so I'm going to check out that bracket to see if I can not only quiet it, but also reduce unnecessary movement and wear on the oh-so-rare shuttle.
If you have the key for your Davis (the flat metal thing with a variety of sides), use the side with two prongs. This fits into the inside of the knob. Hold the outside and turn the key to tighten. I had that problem on my other machine and tightening it helped stopped its love for moving. If this still continues to happen, there is a funny washer inside if you unscrew it the who way which allows it to spin but it also is springy. If that springy washer (like a smaller and thinner tension disc) is too flat, it will not hold the knob -- you could try adding a rubber o-ring inside to help. For the noise, there were a couple of things which helped me. First, I adjust the shuttle so that it did not move about so much. The second is that I checked that the spring support for the shuttle (at the flat end) is pushing the shuttle enough against the race and also not hitting the slide plates. I had to adjust the shuttle carrier to lower it a bit to stop it hitting the slide plates. After that, and with adding the metal wire, it is finally lovely and quiet. Good luck with your machine.
Hi James, I just bought a Davis VF and there's no shuttle. Is it the same length than the Singer ones? What about the bobbins? Also what kind of needle is needed? Can I find them easily? Thank you for your answer.
No it is longer. If you find a Minnesota B or Davis VF or Davis NVF on eBay. The shuttles and bobbins are the same.
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