The Singer 301 has been sitting on a shelf for the past two weeks. I've had so much to do and the 301's tension knob was giving me a tension headache. Here it is partially taken apart and sitting by a new one:
The tension worked --it was just missing the number dial and the nut. I took the whole thing off the machine easily but the new one won't go on. I even called in my husband to help and we couldn't get it to work. The old one will pop back on easily. I took the number dial and nut off the new one and put it on the old one but it won't stay on --even with opening the post more (it has a groove for that). I wanted to try a regular nut from the workshop but couldn't find one to fit. It's a setback, but I will get the 301 to work-- just not this week.
On the good side, I did clean it up nicely. I tried GoJo Hand Cleaner
without pumice as some people had recommended. You can buy it at auto shops. It worked great! Also it didn't have a terrible smell like some cleaners. The 301 has nice clean gleam to it with all the decals still intact (a couple of nicks in the paint though).
The tension worked --it was just missing the number dial and the nut. I took the whole thing off the machine easily but the new one won't go on. I even called in my husband to help and we couldn't get it to work. The old one will pop back on easily. I took the number dial and nut off the new one and put it on the old one but it won't stay on --even with opening the post more (it has a groove for that). I wanted to try a regular nut from the workshop but couldn't find one to fit. It's a setback, but I will get the 301 to work-- just not this week.
On the good side, I did clean it up nicely. I tried GoJo Hand Cleaner without pumice as some people had recommended. You can buy it at auto shops. It worked great! Also it didn't have a terrible smell like some cleaners. The 301 has nice clean gleam to it with all the decals still intact (a couple of nicks in the paint though).
3 comments:
Where do you get GOJO hand cleaner? I have 2 machines that I need to clean, my 301 and the 319W.
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I really admire your stick-to-it-ness! I bet you'll have that machine purring soon.
Oops--I meant to put where to get GoJo in my post--I'll go back and fix that. It's available at auto shops (Auto Zone, Advanced Auto). Make sure it's the one with no pumice. I think all the containers say "with pumice" except the one without. I also asked a guy who worked there and he said it was the right one.
It took some rubbing to clean that machine but I was very pleased with the results.
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