Oiling a Spinning Wheel

Older Sewing Machine Care

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If your machine is older, out of warranty, you have nothing to lose by trying to make it run better yourself.

Carole (From My Carolina Home) shares how to fix an old machine making strange noises, or maintain an older machine so you can continue to get good service from it.

Older Sewing Machine Care

Eight Tips to Maintain a Drumcarder

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Interweave offers eight tips to keep a drum carder like new. Protect your investment by regular maintenance.

The eight maintenance tips can be found here

Spindle Hook Alignment

Spinning on a drop spindle that wobbles can be annoying. The wobble, and resulting imbalance, may well be due to the spindle hook not being aligned properly. 

Interweave offers tips on how to fix the alignment of the drop spindle hook in this Tool Tuesday post.

Spinning Wheel Maintenance

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Birkeland Brothers Wool (British Columbia) invited Richard Ashford (New Zealand) to their shop to speak about maintaining a spinning wheel.

Richard Ashford's maintenance tips are shared on this post.

Pfixing the Pfaff

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Carole, (From My Carolina Home) provides tips to owners of older Pfaffs on how to clean and maintain the machine.

She reveals how to remove the top lid to gain access to the machine head and to even remove the batteries that power the control screen. These helpful tips may apply to other types of machines, so it's worth checking out her post, entitled Pfixing the Pfaff.

Spinning Wheel Spa Day

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Is your wheel long due for some tender loving care?

Knitty's photo tutorial will guide you through the steps that will make your spinning wheel feel and perform better. 

Spinning Wheel Maintenance

Are you aware that Schacht has several videos on YouTube that can help you with maintenance of your Schacht looms, wheels, etc. The videos demonstrate how to oil your wheel, change a drive belt, adjust the loom, install apron cords, assembling equipment, and more

Schacht YouTube videos