How does one oil or fix an antique sewing machine?
YouTube is rich with how-to videos.
Lizzie Lenard's "How to Clean and Oil a Vintage Sewing Machine Part 1 [ click here ] and Part 2" [ click here ] provides a great place to begin.
The first problem encountered was the pressure foot would not move up or down.
The decorative face plate is held on by one screw.
The face plate was removed.
On the left is the lever known as the pressure bar lifter. Visible in the upper middle is the spring that controls the pressure on the pressure bar. On the right is the needle bar. The pressure foot, needle, pressure foot thumb screw, and needle clamp were removed. The parts were placed in a container so they are out of the way and don't get lost. The old oil and goo were removed using singer sewing machine oil, a cloth, Q-tips, and crochet thread as demonstrated in Lizzie Lenard's YouTube video. Dripping Singer sewing machine oil was the only cleaning to the spring, no rubbing. The cleaning process was time consuming but once the mechanism let lose what a thrill of accomplishment.
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