When I bought my first car (a 1958 Ford) I was told it was owned by a meticulous mechanic. It actually was in pretty good shape except for two issues. First of all the gas gauge did not work properly. I learned than when it ran out of gas and the gauge showed some still in it. Secondly, it used a lot of oil. I would know it was time to add oil when it started to sound "like a sewing machine". I mentioned to G yesterday that one of my projects was to oil my sewing machine. He asked if it was "sounding like a sewing machine". Well it was. According to the manual there are about 15 places to put a drop of oil. It was interesting seeing me with a flash light looking for these tiny spots. Remember I can only see close up with one eye at this time. But I got the job done.
Yesterday I sewed on a project for about 5 hours. I took some pictures and will share it on a future blog. It is a gift for someone so I need to give it to them first.
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4 comments:
Wow! You haven't sewn in a long time. That's cool that you did that.
wow, I'm excited to see the project, hope the recipient likes it very much!
My ancient sewing machine has tiny splodges of red paint at the oiling points - someone had a good idea when the machine was designed.
How old is your sewing machine? I wonder if Wife's relatively new BabyLock would even allow you to oil it yourself?
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