Is a sewing machine vintage at 20 years or at 40 years old

SOURCE: vintage

Mollypolly,

Do you have a manual for your machine?

Robbie

SOURCE: need manual for Singer sewing machine model#100, about 12 years old

Hi,

I have a manual for this machine..is there something specific you needed to know from the manual?

SOURCE: Is this sewing machine a vintage sewing machine

yes my problem has been taken care of and iwould like to thank all that was involved in helping me. I think this is one of the best web sites out here. thanks again.

SOURCE: I have a 40 year old Brother machine. It now runs

Yes, it is the capacitor, or the condenser as you call it has comletely short-circuited electrically bypassing the rheostat, which causes the motor to run at full speed. The cure is simple...cut it out of the circuit. On Singer machines the culprit is usually located inside the foot pedal box...probably on your Brother machine also. They were meant to supress noise from entering into your power line, which causes interference when listening to AM broadcasts, which everyone at the time did. The capacitors themselves will either be in one or two round cans or square flat cans. Simply snip the wires to the capacitor(s) inside the foot controller box and your machine will once again work like normal!

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SOURCE: New belt for Necchi Lelia 513-

Hi. I hear such wonderful things about these Italian-made Necchi! Here are a couple of places you should be able to find your belt:

http://www.sewingpartsonline.com/sewing-machine-belts.aspx

Guy Baker at http://www.sewingmachineparts.net/ always seems to have (or be able to get) just about anything.

http://www.sew4less.com/category/43/Belts_Motor_and_Timing

and, finally: http://sewing-machine-parts-store.com/list.asp?subcat=Belts

Hope this helps!

Happy Sewing!

Robbie