Milford chronicle., 1952-03-14
ABOUT SUSSEX
HOMEMAKERS

With the new fabrics on the
market, l am sure all of us are
most anxious 70 start making our
spring clothes.
The last lime you used your
sewing machine, lid you notice
whether it was clean or not?
Clean the machine first is a safe
rule to follow if the machine IS
giving trouble. Lint, grit, dust and
thread easily collect on the work
ing parts of the machine to form.
in time, a packed mass, soaked
and gummed with oil. The gummed
oil and dirt will interfere with the
free running Of the machine. make
It run hard, sometimes cause it to
jam and lock.
The following directions do not
apply specifically to electric
machines that have bearings pack
ed IN grease, nor to chain-stitch
machines. They do apply to lock-
stitch machines, either treadle or
electricity far the most numer-
ous in homes throughout the
country.
When removing parts, remember
that "left is loose, and right is
tight on practically all screws,
nuts and bolts found on household
equipment. To use q screw driver
most efficiently, put the pressure
on the push, not the twist. If a
screw will not loosen easily, soak
it with cleaning fluid, set screw
driver in slot, and tap driver
sharply with a hammer. Be sure to-
choose a screw driver with a blade
as wide aG the slot in the. screw is
long. Always use a wrench on nuts
and bOlts-neveT use pliers.
Follow the instructions below
for taking off, step by step, the
parts that must come off for clean
ing. Do not take off other parts.
/ Remove spool of thread and bob
bin. Lay them aside out of the way,
where they will be kept clean. II
the machine is electrically driven,
cover the motor and wires to pro-
tect them from the cleaning fluid
and oil.
Remove and put in a pie TN the
following parts: Needle, presseT
foot, slide plate or plates and the
r faceplate.
If the machine begins to run
, hard, it is a sign that some dirt has
rolled and jammed inside a bear
ing Run the machine continuously
until dirt and gummed oil are
/ wased from bearings by continued
applications of cleaning fluid anC
the machine runs easily again Til
| back the head and similarly flusl
the parts underneath. Let dOwr
the head and run the machine az
before.
To remove any remaining gum
med dirt and oil, pour some clean,
ing fluid into a pie tin with the
parts. Dip the brush in the clean
ing fluid and clean and scrub thor.
oughly all the parts of the machine
you can reach with the brush-th'
parts in the needle-bar housing
, around the feed works, shuttle
case and shuttle driving mechan
ism, stitch regulator, all bObbin
winder parts, those under the heat
> of the machine and as far as yOl
: tcan reach inside the arm.
= Many lOng-bObbin m hi IN
have an oil we'll about "A incl
i'm diameter underneath the shuttl
Slide plate near the front end o
:. the shuttle race. Take out ant
clean the wool material that hold
the oil in this oil we'll. Then, wit
a pin, clean the small hole tha
:. leads from the oil well to the shut
: tie race. If the wool is dirty o
> missing or if some material Othe
than wool has been put in this oil
hold, put fresh wad of eithe
raw wool or wool yarn in the holC
To clean the upper tension, pul
Ia piece of cloth. soaked in cleanin
fluid. back and forth between tn
y disks or surfaces of the upper ter
sion and polish them. Repeat wit
a dry cloth. Be sure no lint G
9 thread remains wedged in it.
- Unwind or pick out with a neeC
n le any thread that has woun
If around the bearings of the han'
wheel. Such thread may also caus