Hi all,
I've recently found this forum after finding that the old one I was on is no longer.
I've picked up a couple of Vintage machines at a local auction recently.
This has become somewhat of a hobby over the last 5 years or so and machines sometimes just find me - Honest!!
I've got a Singer 720 touch n sew and a Pfaff 230 in a table.
Both have had a good clean and oil up and have their original manuals and feet etc.
The Pfaff is working quite well now and I had her sewing through 16 layers of calico yesterday with ease.
However the Singer, which came with all its original cams etc, sews beautifully in a straight line but thats it.
After much trial and error, I undid the internal cams and the plastic gear cog under them has broken into 3 pieces.
It looks like it has been glued in the past but I don't have all the bits, some fell out after turning the machine upside down.
A bit of googling tells me I need part 381577 which is the whole bit plastic gear and shaft, or I could try and just get the plastic gear. I've had no luck so far, finding one, but I don't want to spend a lot on the repairs.
Should I count this machine as a right off?
I see them for sale on Ebay for spares and the cams being sold separately. It's probably all the plastic bits inside that have died.
It seems such a shame as this thing purrs along in a straight line, it wound a great bobbin from the needle. I could keep it for straight sewing etc. I'm not out of pocket as the Singer came in a lot with a TV which we are using in a spare room.
Any thoughts anyone please, or anyone own or had one of these machines.