Oiling Vintage Sewing Machines Part 2

March 27th, 2010 | by admin |

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.

http://www.briansews.com

Duration : 0:10:0


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  1. 5 Responses to “Oiling Vintage Sewing Machines Part 2”

  2. By BRemlinger on Mar 27, 2010 | Reply

    Hi there. Well, …
    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!

  3. By necrosisatrophy on Mar 27, 2010 | Reply

    Hello, I collect …
    Hello, I collect vintage-ish sewing machines, and I’d like to know if you have any idea how to oil a mid 50s pink Atlas Precision machine (straight stitch only), as well as a late 50s Rotary Electric machine with a Dayton motor.

  4. By DepartmentOfColor on Mar 27, 2010 | Reply

    Well, I was …
    Well, I was motivated so I uncovered all the parts I could from one machine, and cleaned it out. Then I realized I had loaned out my oil to a friend so I couldn’t oil it. Oops. Oh well, it already sounds better since I cleaned out all that lint.

    Some parts of the machine couldn’t be removed. I think the newer machines have some parts that don’t need oiling, so they seal them up. But I did locate some new oiling holes that weren’t mentioned in the manual.

  5. By BRemlinger on Mar 27, 2010 | Reply

    Yeah! You’ll feel …
    Yeah! You’ll feel so great giving your machines a good oiling. Be sure to put down a towel…. It will get drippy the first time if you don’t do it sparingly!

  6. By DepartmentOfColor on Mar 27, 2010 | Reply

    Thank you. This is …
    Thank you. This is very helpful. I have some machines that have been barely used for almost a year and I need to oil them so I can get back to regular sewing.

    My machines are not vintage but they are pretty basic mechanicals. The manuals don’t give very detailed instructions on oiling, I think because they expect you to take the machine into a shop for yearly maintenance. I never do that but I can also tell that I haven’t been oiling all the necessary parts myself. Now I know what to check. :)

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