How to Select, Service, Repair & Maintain Your Vintage Sewing Machine: Second Edition

By Connie McCaffery

Book Overview

The most popular book ever written for the vintage sewing machine lover for over 10 years

Written with the vintage sewing machine novice in mind, this book, 'How to Select, Service, Repair and Maintain Your Vintage Sewing Machine', will provide you with all of the information you need on taking care of your own vintage sewing machines, 1960 and earlier. It's like having an instructor beside you.

This book contains easy-to-follow step by step instructions and color photos, so you'll feel confident working on your own vintage sewing machine. The topics covered in this book include: Where to find vintage sewing machines.How to select the right model vintage sewing machine for your needs.Vintage sewing machines for kids. How to inspect a vintage sewing machine. Where to find parts (supplier list included). How to service and clean your machine with step-by-step instructions and photos. Recommend products for cleaning.How to properly ship a sewing machine. Where to find manuals. Troubleshooting with steps.Threading diagrams for hard-to-find models. Maintaining your machine. Treadle sewing machine use and care.Helpful tool lists. Needle/thread/fabric chartProper storage tips.
...and so much more.

With this book you'll learn the best places to find vintage sewing machines, what to look for when shopping, and where to find all of the supplies and parts you need to restore your machine. You'll also learn how to adjust tension settings and prepare for sewing, and the troubleshooting steps to take should you run into an issue. You'll understand why proper storage is so important, and that with simple servicing steps, you can preserve your vintage sewing machine for generations to come.

Don't listen to those sewing machine repair shops who tell you that "parts are not available", or that "your machine can't be fixed" because this is not true. Vintage sewing machines are easy to work on because they have less parts, are truly simple to operate, and thousands of parts are currently available online for countless models of vintage sewing machines. The problem with sewing machine shops is that they want to sell you a computerized plastic model that will never last 50 years.

There is such a wide variety of beautiful vintage sewing machine models available that I know you'll find the perfect one for yourself. From the very first step of finding that perfect machine for yourself to caring for it for years, everything you'll need to know is in this easy-to-follow guide. You can even use the information in this book to start your own vintage sewing machine repair business, because we need more techs working on these valuable machines.

Saving vintage sewing machines, one machine at a time.

Happy sewing

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1539010511
• ISBN13: 9781539010517
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 10.0"