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Can I slow it down? Skip 02-12-2008
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Posted by Lizzy Taylor on February 20, 2008, 5:16 am
Janice G wrote:

> 2. This worked better for me. Turn the pedal around so the foot heal
> is on the ground, the middle of the foot rests on the "hinge" and then
> when you sew, the ball of the foot pivots forward. I seemed to have
> more control.

I have always used my foot control like this, it never occurred to me to
use it the other way around :)

Lizzy

Posted by I.E.Z. on February 20, 2008, 12:06 pm

>
> Skip wrote:
>> My wife has started to sew. Is there a way to slow down the machine,
>> when
>> she touches the foot control. I have tried a wooden block to stop the
>> movement of the pedal.(limited success) Other than improving her foot
>> pressure, can I slow the darn thing down?

Some machines just seem to have two speeds - full speed ahead, and dead
stop. My old mechanical New Home was like this. I wish I had a solution
for you, but I don't. I eventually got a different machine.

Iris



Posted by Lizzy Taylor on February 21, 2008, 6:20 am
I.E.Z. wrote:
>> Skip wrote:
>>> My wife has started to sew. Is there a way to slow down the machine,
>>> when
>>> she touches the foot control. I have tried a wooden block to stop the
>>> movement of the pedal.(limited success) Other than improving her foot
>>> pressure, can I slow the darn thing down?
>
> Some machines just seem to have two speeds - full speed ahead, and dead
> stop. My old mechanical New Home was like this. I wish I had a solution
> for you, but I don't. I eventually got a different machine.

My foot control needed replacing a couple of years ago and the new one
had much better variation of speed - I think that is one of those things
that deteriorates slowly (like a clutch in a car) and it is only once
you have a new one that you realise how bad the old one had got.

Lizzy

Posted by I.E.Z. on February 21, 2008, 12:41 pm

> I.E.Z. wrote:
>>> Skip wrote:
>>>> My wife has started to sew. Is there a way to slow down the machine,
>>>> when
>>>> she touches the foot control. I have tried a wooden block to stop the
>>>> movement of the pedal.(limited success) Other than improving her foot
>>>> pressure, can I slow the darn thing down?
>>
>> Some machines just seem to have two speeds - full speed ahead, and dead
>> stop. My old mechanical New Home was like this. I wish I had a solution
>> for you, but I don't. I eventually got a different machine.
>
> My foot control needed replacing a couple of years ago and the new one had
> much better variation of speed - I think that is one of those things that
> deteriorates slowly (like a clutch in a car) and it is only once you have
> a new one that you realise how bad the old one had got.
>
> Lizzy

Yes, I thought about replacing the foot control on the old New Home, but it
was more difficult than it looked. If it had been just a matter of buying
and plugging in a new one, I'd have done it, but the pedal was wired in and
so it would have necessitated taking the heavy old thing in to the repair
shop. I was, instead, seduced by a new machine!! Still have the old one
though.

Iris



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