I’d like to organize a day to do some cleanup and maintenance on all the sewing machines.
I will need some assistance with this project, as I am not very experienced with sewing machine maintenance, and also I currently have an arm injury.
I’m proposing either the 14th or the 22nd of January, around 2pm.
Goals:
Make sure we have at least 4 working sewing machines
Label the sewing machines with the type of bobbin they use
Find out if the sergers work
Make a list of anything we should buy such as feet, parts, etc.
Update the wiki page
Potentially: start a sewing machine loaner program
Potentially: identify machines to get rid of
If you can come, please comment with which day is better for you.
This is open to everyone, including people who have little or not sewing experience. If you would like to learn to use various sewing machines, come on down.
I would like to mention I have a fully functioning Babylock Evolution Serger I would be happy to give/loan to the space if it turns out there is one not working!
That model definitely has more functionality than the ones here, so I think I’m in favour of taking it if we can get rid of something else to free up space.
specific for sergers, there is benefits to having 2. They take so long to restring that is it common to have 1 black one and one white one set up. however there is no need to have more then 2.
We will need crazy glue and a 3D printed part for the brother if it’s still got the same defect as it used to (broken spool holder).
Probably need to make sure we have a vacuum and small bristle brushes for cleaning, I can bring some of the latter (old tooth brushes I use for cleaning my own).
I think I remember there being some oil in a drawer, but if that’s gone we’ll need some kind of grease for them too.
Unfortuantly I am a bit busy on Saturday, but I would interested in knowing how things go this weekend. Let me know if my serger will have any demand for it!