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Posted by Marcella Peek on August 25, 2005, 11:36 am
I think dropping your machine on the floor must be the corollary to "a
hammer can fix anything"
I'm glad your machine works. Have fun sewing again!
marcella
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> Ok, so maybe I am not the bestest fixit-er in the land but I did it!!!
> I took the advice into consideration and I re-checked my belts again and I
> rechecked what needed to be oiled and did all the stuff one should do in
> trying to make a machine run and run smoothly. Nothing. No matter what I did
> to coax her and persuade her to go....... nothing.... until.............
>
> I decided to bite the bullet and take her in to the shop here where there is
> a guy who does small engine type stuff as well as sewing machines. I knew I
> couldn't really afford it but I was going nuts!!! So I pulled her out of her
> cabinet and was going to take her for a ride when OMG noooooooo !!!!!!!
> Remember I said I oiled her??? Yup. Slipped right out of my hands and hit
>
> After standing there in total shock, then saying a couple of Gee Whiz's and
> Gosh Darn It's <ok so use your imagination there a tad bit> I cringed and
> picked her up.
> Then I figured I may as well just plug her back in and see if she would even
> run now at all or if I really killed her.
> Everything moved!! Not a squeak, not a grind!! Getting my hopes up a tad
> bit, I placed her back in her cabinet and put in some scraps and sewed!!! Oh
> the smooth sound of her purring was music to my ears!! And just to push my
> luck just that much more I figured, what the lleh, lets just see how badly I
> really fixed her..... EVEN THE FEED DOGS DROP now!!!!!!!! Oh Glory Day!!
>
> So thanks for all the advice, I did try it all and actually re-tried it as
> well. Such a lovely group here!
> ~KK in BC~ doing the Happy Happy Joy Joy dance around the sewing machine!!
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> I took the advice into consideration and I re-checked my belts again and I
> rechecked what needed to be oiled and did all the stuff one should do in
> trying to make a machine run and run smoothly. Nothing. No matter what I did
> to coax her and persuade her to go....... nothing.... until.............
>
> I decided to bite the bullet and take her in to the shop here where there is
> a guy who does small engine type stuff as well as sewing machines. I knew I
> couldn't really afford it but I was going nuts!!! So I pulled her out of her
> cabinet and was going to take her for a ride when OMG noooooooo !!!!!!!
> Remember I said I oiled her??? Yup. Slipped right out of my hands and hit
>
> After standing there in total shock, then saying a couple of Gee Whiz's and
> Gosh Darn It's <ok so use your imagination there a tad bit> I cringed and
> picked her up.
> Then I figured I may as well just plug her back in and see if she would even
> run now at all or if I really killed her.
> Everything moved!! Not a squeak, not a grind!! Getting my hopes up a tad
> bit, I placed her back in her cabinet and put in some scraps and sewed!!! Oh
> the smooth sound of her purring was music to my ears!! And just to push my
> luck just that much more I figured, what the lleh, lets just see how badly I
> really fixed her..... EVEN THE FEED DOGS DROP now!!!!!!!! Oh Glory Day!!
>
> So thanks for all the advice, I did try it all and actually re-tried it as
> well. Such a lovely group here!
> ~KK in BC~ doing the Happy Happy Joy Joy dance around the sewing machine!!