Oiling Vintage Sewing Machines Part 2
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- This might be of interest to anyone who likes old sewing machines or has never taken the lid off the machine they own. It's not intensive how-to or anything, just watching me oil three different makes of machine.
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My Wife’s Mom just gave her old Fleetwood 491 Zig Zag sewing machine to my Wife. Her Mom bought it new back in 1967 at a local fabric shop. Thanks for the info on where to oil it. I’ve always used Marvel’s Mystery Oil in my cars and mowers, but never once thought about using it to lube a sewing machine.
Hi Brian. Thanks for both of these oiling videos. All three are very helpful. You make the oiling process seem less intimidating. I build oiling up to be such a major procedure, because I’m afraid I’ll di it wrong. You make it all seem more casual. Many thanks...
Hey Brian, when allied forces stopped to bomb my city (Leghorn Italy ) at the end of world war two, we returned home with nothing but the glorious mama's singer 19th century sewing machine, walking back from Lucca were escaped. Now it is the star of my vintage Singer and Pfaff collection. Ciao dalla Toscana Mario Maffei
You literally just saved my Singer 401a. THANK YOU! so much :)
always make sure not to oil toothed belts or nylon or plastic gears these domestic machines are prone to have gear tooth breakage after a couple of decades
great video! i have a vintage 50's singer that i love and didn't know how to oil it. i must have blown a fuse because of the lack of oil. i've gotten it fixed, and now i'll know how to maintenance my machine.
Hi there. Well, the first rule is.... Anywhere you see metal touching metal and it moves, oil it. If there are any gears then you should use grease on those. Keep oil off belts and bobbin winder tires. That's about all there is to it!
@bpereztab I grease the gears every few months or so depending on how much the machine gets used. I got a pot of something at Walmart that seems to do the trick just fine, it's not expensive and lasts a really long time.
Brian, do you teach? If so, your students are lucky -- you're very good. I especially appreciate your discussion of the backgrounds of and differences between different machines, manufacturers, etc. I just bought 3 vintage machines from the 50s/60s (White, Emdeko, Kenmore), so I'm learning from you. Thanks!
This is a little off base, but in the door of the Singer 500A, there's a dial with numbers on it. What is this for?
I love the look of the Rocketeer. Does it sew well too? It looked like you oiled the gears on the top--you pointed to them and then stuck the straw in there. I thought you weren't supposed to oil gears, only grease them?
How often do you lubricate the gears and what kind of lubricant do you use?
Thks for sharing.
hey Brian thanx for the oiling tips!
i'm a rookie at sewing or tailoring well u know what i mean lol....I found a very old S Machine and would love to bring it back to life ! is their a way I could show you this little beauty called BLUE! lol yes I named it...
ps I wanna see it move!
awesome...
hey I have the Singer 8280 my balance wheel won't go up or down. this