Where the dust and fluff has become matted you can pick it out with a pin or a needle, otherwise use a brush and/or a vacuum cleaner crevice tool. The needle plate is a plate beneath the foot with cut-outs through which the feed dogs protrude, generally secured by one or two screws. Remove the needle, the foot and the needle plate to facilitate cleaning. Between the feed dogs is a favourite place for it to collect. The first thing to do is to remove all dust and fluff, wherever you can find it. Many spare parts, particularly for older machines, are readily available on eBay and probably elsewhere. You can find an expanded version of this Instructable, including a description of sewing machine principles and common problems and their solutions in the Sewing Machines page on the Restart Project wiki. If you can get hold of such a machine, so long as it's complete, you should be able to keep it running indefinitely and certainly much longer than a modern machine. Nevertheless, the life and effectiveness of any machine can be extended with simple maintenance, and my aim here is to show you how.įor demonstration purposes in this Instructable I will use a vintage machine probably dating from the 1950's or 60's because it's easier to show the mechanism, however, all machines work in the same way. Newer machines, especially the very cheap ones, have many more plastic parts and a much shorter life. The older vintage machines are virtually indestructible, indeed one highly skilled and experienced seamstress told me that she still uses a 1929 treadle machine as her daily workhorse. Huge numbers of sewing machines have been manufactured over the years.
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