tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870205147757514509.post7841677870224781684..comments2024-02-17T19:47:26.492-08:00Comments on Once upon a Snork..: It's Alive, and It Blogs! About Pillow Shams.Snork Maidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12829305009230446000noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870205147757514509.post-38430266311752535962014-09-09T08:55:29.621-07:002014-09-09T08:55:29.621-07:00Hi there, I found your website by the use of Googl...Hi there, I found your website by the use of Google whilst looking for a related topic,<br />your website came up, it seems to be good.<br />I have bookmarked it in my google bookmarks.<br />Hello there, just become aware of your blog thru Google, and located that <br />it's truly informative. I'm going to watch out for brussels.<br />I'll appreciate when you proceed this in future. Numerous other people can be benefited from your writing.<br />Cheers!<br /><br />Take a look at my blog <a href="http://202.123.179.229/lao-ntfpwiki/index.php/Ground_Beef_Tacos_Recipe" rel="nofollow">Ground Beef Tacos</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870205147757514509.post-71436634404497202812012-09-26T17:19:17.986-07:002012-09-26T17:19:17.986-07:00Joined the group and made an appointment to take m...Joined the group and made an appointment to take my machine in for service at a local place (consensus seems to be that it needs lots of oiling and taking apart and such and I'm not much of a handywoman...) <br /><br />Thanks so much for your advice! I really appreciate it and I look forward to continuing to read your blog. :)Aleksandra Sandstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07982705999243297671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870205147757514509.post-70232322960556194182012-09-25T23:34:45.835-07:002012-09-25T23:34:45.835-07:00Mine definately goes backward. Can you turn the w...Mine definately goes backward. Can you turn the wheel by hand, while the bobbin cover is open and try and see what is happening when you put it in reverse? When this happens, is the sewing forward function fine - can you get an even line of stitching, and it freaks out in reverse, or does it never stitch properly? Do join Vintage Singers, I can post a question on there for you, but it'll be like playing broken telephone, they always ask more info, but they're pretty good.<br />The one thing I have done with mine is switch out the original pedal, just last week, actually, to a new electronic pedal. The pedal I had was a push button pedal, and the speed was hard to control, between idle hum and full throttle. It also overheated a lot because that's how they're made - they convert unused energy (full throttle minus your operational speed) into heat. The new pedal allows me to control it really nicely, slowly, and evenly - for free motion quilting, for example, which I'm trying to learn.. I got the pedal on advice from Vintage Singers, from SewClassic Blog, and the same blog has instructions on how to rewire the pedals, if that's something that might be useful to you. <br />As far as the tension, there's a full tension assembly diagram on VS, I have taken mine apart entirely and back together, to make sure everything was there, and to reposition my spring, turns out it was off. I would look at pictures first before taking it apart and see if everything looks the way it should. <br /><br />Snork Maidenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12829305009230446000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870205147757514509.post-87997850332910506972012-09-25T20:56:02.374-07:002012-09-25T20:56:02.374-07:00I will look for the Yahoo group! I've just bee...I will look for the Yahoo group! I've just been Google searching the 338 and the only useful thing I've found is your blog. Bless my mommom, she saved the original manual, which helps, but the majority of my issues seem to revolve around trying to get good even stitches. The tensioning is kind of a mystery. The machine feeds faster than any machine I've ever used (I grew up with my mom's early-80s Singer, which is much more modern), so it's hard to figure out what's happened until it's over. Does yours go backward? The bobbin on mine freaks out and throws all kind of thread every time I try... Aleksandra Sandstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07982705999243297671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870205147757514509.post-45725771422602488832012-09-25T20:35:51.563-07:002012-09-25T20:35:51.563-07:00Hi!
I've had to put the treadle in the garage,...Hi!<br />I've had to put the treadle in the garage, so my toddler wouldn't imprint her forehead on the cast iron - so I've been using the 338 exclusively for more than a year now. It's my favorite. I have actually scavenged another 338, just so I can have a back up or for parts. What problems are you having with it? <br />Have you joined the Vintage Singers Yahoo group? They are SO helpful, and there's a lot of PDF's, etc with all types of info. A lot to take in, but worth it, I go back there every once in a while.<br />I have a few other machines, but the 338 is conveniently mounted in the table that I use all the time, and I haven't had the need to use anything else. Don't give up!!Snork Maidenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12829305009230446000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870205147757514509.post-8423067059885006892012-09-25T17:26:17.300-07:002012-09-25T17:26:17.300-07:00Hello! I've been reading all through your sewi...Hello! I've been reading all through your sewing posts because I'm trying to bend a Singer Machine 338 to my will (it was my mommom's and I'm too cheap to buy a new machine.) Do you make all of your projects with your treadle and 338? Or did you get a newfangled machine somewhere along the way? I need hope. Aleksandra Sandstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07982705999243297671noreply@blogger.com