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You didn't put the wire retainer back on the speed controller wire inside the base of the motor. If the wire is yanked it can pull the connections loose and if it touches the metal bracket that fastens to the machine, it can energize the body/frame of the machine which is dangerous.

What a great ride to the very end! ❤ I purchased a $9.99 Singer 99K---rusted to get all get out--for experimentation--never intending that it could be rescued. I followed along EACH step of the way. I played your videos on a tripod, listened on a speaker, and virtually worked alongside you. What a great experience. Thank you! You're so knowledgeable, experienced, and furthermore skilled in audio and skilled production. I have never ventured into disassembling the underbed linkage, but I followed you through the wilderness. "My Singer 99 sews and my confidence grows." Thank you so much for the inspiration that you are! ❤👏 🏆

He rescatado la peso pluma qye era de mi mama , es de los años 50 y estaba medio olvidada en un trasterio. La he rescatado y le han hecho una puesta a punto . La he recogudo hoy y estoy entusiasmada por hacer proyectos con ella , me oardce encantadora, muy diferente a una ELNA domestica que tengo y con la que aprendi a coser a máquina. Vendo tu video me ha ayudado mucho a saber como enebrar y a hacer la canilla . Aunque sé poco inglés😅 con las imagenes tan claras comorendí bien aunque me encantaria una traducción al español para no perderme ningun detalle 🙏🏻 Mil gracias por el tutorial ❤️😘😘

My 99 must be a transition one. I have to watch both the early and later model videos to figure it out! 😂

Excellent! Thank you❤❤❤

I just found you....Your videos are so clear and detailed. Some of the gentlemen I have watched and learned a lot but not always clear view. My question is can I follow the videos for the 99 if I have the Spartan version. I was given one and have gone through and cleaned her up (not totally taken apart like you) Now she makes a great stitch but sounds loud near the flywheel area. Not the motor. New motor.

Hi Jen! I’m looking at a 301a for a friend. She doesn’t like how the two-prong plug for the foot pedal doesn’t fit snug in its’ outlet on the side of the machine. I bought a new replacement electronic foot pedal that has two-prongs at the end. It still fits loose. So, I’m wondering if there’s anything I can do about the outlet it goes into. Thx.

My top thread is getting all caught up in the hook 😭 I’ve re threaded and completely taken apart and reinstalled the hook again. Nothing is striking. It didn’t do this when I tested the machine when I first got it so I don’t think the hook is broken. Any ideas? EDIT: well I have to have been threading it wrong because one more go and it seems to be working ok now 😹

Just got a 66K as a treadle-in-a-cabinet and using this as a starting off point for getting it into perfect running order. Do you have any suggestions for a non-mechanical / treadle restauration?

Thank you 🙏🙌

So very grateful for this channel!! I just took apart my 99 motor and foot pedal. I couldn't have done it without you!! Any idea where I can source the little felt washer and the corresponding teeny metal washer from inside the motor? Mine were crushed to pieces. Neither are functional. 😳 Thank you so much for your videos!

This is next for me! Great explanation and excellent camera work! What type of penetrating oil are you using? WD-40? PB blaster? Or something else? Thanks again for these videos, I really appreciate it!

You make everything look so easy! But I still have a problem with my bobbin that it fills really messy, not nice and evenly wound. Any thoughts?

Besides removing the motor and the tiny screw on the knob is there anything else I need to remove to get the hand wheel off? I was trying to adjust the clutch to wind a bobbin and the stop washer fell out from the hand wheel. I am trying tor remove the hand wheel to get the washer back in place. Any suggestions?

What is the difference between 201-2 and 301-?

Thanks for the video! Any other recommendations for getting the gear bar to move while holding the hand wheel? I’ve tried penetrating oil on area 24+hrs and a little heat. No go.

Thank you for these videos. I have a late model 99k that I want to restore.

Absolutely fantastic lessons! My Mum was a professional dressmaker in Dundee when I was a child in the 1950's and I grew up in her sewing room, getting to know all her customers with time and watching her sewing and tuning up her machine. When I was in my twenties I bought an old Singer Jack-in-the box machine, and luckily for me it ran well from the start and i used it often until I was in my sixties. A year ago I bought a 1944 Singer 99K early model but it never ran well and I didn't succeed in trying to get it working properly. Two weeks ago I decided to see if I could get help via RUclips and I saw your first video. I have now watched them all - many congratulations, you really deserve them and not only because they are extremely educational! For the first time I now know how a sewing machine actually works, thank you! I have stripped and cleaned and reassembled my 99K and it sings and flies like a bird. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I needed this so much! I’ve been fussing and fussing and fussing with the timing on one of my featherweights. Thank you so much. I’ll let you know how it goes.

The white light you have clipped to the sewing machine table.?? Where might I purchase one please?

I am new to your channel. Please tell me where you get your light bar table clamped light. Thanks Ellen

The absolute best videos of their kind on RUclips, thanks so much for the work that must go into creating, editing, and uploading them. Much appreciated.

This series is excellent as are your other ones I have watched. I need to know what length the carbon brushes should be to warrant replacement. I've never seen a new one so don't know how long they are when new. Mine from my 301 are slightly over 3/8" long. Are all carbon brushes the same length?

My 99K still works great ...thanks for the presentation again..

Cute!

Thanks for all the awesome videos! I’m on my first restoration and your videos are immensely appreciated! I purchased zymol and it’s amazing! 😊

Thanks

Would i be able to use this video to time a 222 or does the dropping feed dogs make it different?

Your videos are amazingly well done. Subject matter aside, any "how to" videographer would be well advised to use you as a model. LW

What a beauty, the machine paints and decals still shine.

Hi, I just purchased a singer 221 and decided to oil it. When I turned it upside down to oil the bottom part, I noticed several drops of oil on the floor. Probably from the top part that I oiled ? I only applied a drop of oil on every oiling point.. but alot more came out than what I applied.

Really cool part about the enamel finishes on those old machines is that most solvent will not harm them. We're not talking about traditional paint here so it's nice to see somebody actually recommending a good quick drying solvent. Alcoholic 90% or better is recommended if you want to remove the old varnished oil.

You are an excellent teacher

I’ve been following along with a tan singer 301. I’m SOOOOO delighted running it for the first time! I can’t believe I did this! Thanks for this series!!

Jenn The link to the full, 301 restoration series all together is a handy very nice option thank you Bob-T

Would you share the part number for the knee bar controller?

I love this series! Just reinstalled. the hook assembly and am having trouble getting the timing right. I think you said you might make a video to help with this. Is it out there?

I removed the upper tension mechanism to clean. I had no problem removing thumb screw. I did nothing that would have damaged the threads on end. I have reassembled with no problems, but I can not thread the thumb screw on. It is like the treads are damaged. They don't look damaged, but not able to start it, it goes on crooked. I am careful not to force it. I know it is aluminum, so could be easily damaged. Any suggestions. I enjoy and have learned much from your tutorial.

Thank you for your great videos. This is my first restoration and it turned out beautifully. Love how it stitches!

Very good except that at 18:20 you are talking about grease wicks. Those are oil wicks and must not be used with grease. Grease wicks are spring loaded and touch the rotating shaft causing friction that melts the grease allowing it to flow whereas oil wicks discharge oil onto the outside of the bearing. If you use grease in an oil motor the grease will go nowhere as it requires movement to melt and spread but the bearing is stationary so no lubrication happens.

Very well done video with great how to steps. Thank You Jenn ( Bob-T West Coast)

Awesome video!

I didn’t have a washer either, I feel a little better now 😹 I’m restoring a tan machine. This is my first time trying anything like this!

I have a 99k 1950,s and my motor and foot peddle get very hot is this normal ? thank you

I spent 6 hours with Jen today in my workshop. Don’t tell her husband! OK…OK… more accurately…Jen’s videos 9:36 and her voice came across a blue-tooth, external speaker. Meanwhile, I hung on every word and clear instruction as I executed each step of re-assembly. She is a MASTERFUL COMMUNICATOR. I just finished the re-assembly step of the bobbin winder. It’s been 30 hours of disassembly, de-greasing, de-rusting, and polishing Almost to the finish line…more to come on the amazing experience and guidance that she has brought to the table…. Overwhelmed with gratitude. 👏👏👏

Hi! Thanks for all the great videos! I am re-wiring a foot controller to a female plug. I watched a video where you showed how and mentioned which terminal to add the ribbed wire. I can’t for the life of me find it again! Do you remember which video it is? Thanks!

JUST READ THROUGH ALL THE COMMENTS. AMAZED THAT YOU ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS!!!!!

Best help on cleaning up a vintage sewing machine! Your voice is clear and focused on the job. Love how you complete each task as you talk about what you are doing. GREAT!!!!!

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