The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-07-19
How to Manage" Sewing Ma
chimes.

chimes.
To the average manufacturer, whose
business does not justify the keeping
of an expensive expert, there is no
piece of machinery that gives so much
trouble and annoyance as the sewing
machine. Very few men have pa
tience enough to wrestle with one Of
them if it happens to be refractory.
This ingenious and indispensable piece
of mechanism, like most other things,
is docile and tractable, however, when
in the hands Of one who understands
it. Not long ago Philadelphia mer-
chant essayed to adjust his wife's sew
ing machine. After working short
time he became interested He passed
from that stage Of mind by regular
stages to agitation, disgust, and to a
towering rage. The result was a
grand denouement with an ak and a
succession of vigorous strokes.
The great trouble about amateur
tinkering with sewing machine is
that too much is done. When any
portion of the mechanism fails, it is
usually for some trifing cause. Two
or three little faults will make COM
bination calculated to prove intensely
exasperating. The first endeavor then
should be to find out just what is the
matter. In this sort Of doctoring, as
in the science of medicine. the first,
and by far the most difficult thing is
diagnosis. Having formed reason
able theory of cause and effect, pro-
coed with your remedy, and if trial
shows your judgement to have been
defective, undo or replace the part al
tered before going any further. To
begin with, one thing may be wrong
which escapes your notice. Hence
each time you make change, the diff
| ficulty is in consequence multiplied.
To become master Of the art of re-
pairing a sewing machine, it is requi-
site to understand the principles up
| on which the stitch is formed and the
work fed. Little manual skill is need
ed. The parts are made by machin-
cry, and are interchangeable, obviat-
ing the necessity for filing and fitting.
Any observing and competent fore
man or woman of fitting or stitch
ing room can learn to repair the mod
-ern sewing machine.
The breaking Of silk or needles and
the skipping of stitches can be remed-
led nine times out of ten in few mo-
ments by turning screw, or adjust
ing some part that has become dis
placed. If the needle is dull, or bent,
or sharp in the eye, discard it at once
and try again. If your machine
breaks the silk, examine the broken
end and determine whether it was cut
or torn, also measure the end down
from the take-up, so as to decide at
what point in the revolution the trou-
BILE occurred. Turn the wheel slowly
and watch the silk pass around the
shuttle. and see that every part
touched is smooth and clean. Many
times machine can be made to re-
sumo its good behavior by simply TAX
ing out needle and shuttle, giving it a
thorough cleaning and oiling. with
out loosening or disturbing the ad-
justment, and then starting afresh.
Of course, these machines occasional
ly defy for a time the best efforts of
experts; but in very many cases they
will readily yield to gentle treatment.
In the various fabrics on which a
machine is used there is quite diver
sity in the thickness and character of
the work required. Frequently ma
chine working badly on one branch
can be easily coaxed into performing
valuable service in another. 1t is a
good plan for every one having the
care of sewing machines run by steam
power to occasionally lubricate the
points of greatest wear, such as the
take-up cam, for instance, with
heavy oil, meanwhile keeping each
supplied with oil of lighter dem
sity for daily use Wheel feed ma
chimes are always more expensive to
keep in repair than the drop or step
feeds, and hence should never be used
when the latter will answer the pur-
pose just as well.-Shoe and Leather
Reporter.
Reports from different sections of
the state show there will be an abun-
of potatoes this year. The good rains