Stuck in the Middle – Frozen Slant-O-Matics
Note: This post is some of what we’ll be going through in the class I’m giving in William’s Lake next month. The 401A, 403A, 411G, and 431Gs along with the 500A and the 503A (or the J version) are...
View ArticleFly little nestling – Ditching the Thread nests part 1
One of the most common issues that people bring machines to me for is tension. The thing about it is that – in most cases – the tension issues are really not something that I need to address as a...
View ArticleOut of the nest – Ditching the Thread nests part 2
In the last post, we talked about ways that thread nests can be solved from a user point of view. Today, I’m getting into the slightly more technical ways that the nests happen and how to deal with...
View ArticlePSA: Sometimes it’s not what it seems with your seams
So today I sat down at my industrial to sew a couple of hems. Yes, overkill but I like to exercise my machines a little sometimes. 😉 Immediately after sitting down, I noticed tension and stitch...
View ArticleQuick Note: Why I don’t recommend…
simply re-threading your machine when you have problems with it. A quick note today folks! I’m inside waiting for the anti-inflammatories to kick in before I go back outside to do some bodywork on the...
View ArticleMotorin’– Electric motor theory
Electric Motor theory – why and how we lubricate There have been a lot of discussions about sewing machine motor lubricants over the years and I thought I’d take a step further back and discuss why we...
View ArticleHighway Star – Full speed from a Singer button controller
Back in April and May of 2012, I wrote the two posts that would become the most popular posts on this site. These are the posts on how to adjust the Singer button controllers. I’ve yet to find...
View ArticleThe loosest thread – Those pesky thread nests
Some of the most common sewing machine issues I hear are: “The bobbin thread is bunching up around the bobbin”, “I have loops under the fabric”, “It looks great on the top but the bottom looks awful!”,...
View ArticleThe shop is up and running!
As I mentioned in last week’s post, I’ve decided to finally set up the shop completely. With the way we all do things changing from day to day, this seemed like the right time. For years, I’ve...
View ArticleReader Mail – January 2022 edition – Slant-o-matic spring gone rogue
Probably every couple of years, I get this question. It goes something like this: “I opened up the top of my machine, and I found a spring laying in the bottom. Where does it go? ” The machines in...
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