Replace Incandescent Lamp with LED Elna Star Series
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- Опубликовано: 2 дек 2024
- Quick video showing how to replace the sewing lamp in an Elna 62C (and other Star Series machines.)
Link to BA15D Replacement Bulb shown in video. amzn.to/3k6ujD9
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Hi thank you so much for your detailed video.
I had the Elna tsp and su in the 1970s and I had a cottage industry where we were making at least 50 detailed frilly calico cushions a week.
Things progressed and I had to step up to industrial machines.
I am South African and I married an English born chap and for medical reasons we came to England.
I still had one of my Elnas in 2005 and gave up the business and sold my Elna.
In England I needed a sewing machine and in Cambridge where we live there is one shop selling machines.
Then I didn't even have a computer and RUclips I thought was for children.
So I sold my house in SA and this was when I went to this shop ready for a new machine.
It was a big culture shock, because these people knew less about machines than I did.
I was talked into buying a Bernina 330.
In SA in the 1970s we got private lessons at the shop until you really knew the machine.
Here they asked me what do I want to know?
That was in 2010.
I hate the Bernina, I don't need electronics when I sew,it's so light it moves when you sew....
I have never really sewed again.
Then I got hooked on RUclips and came across old school people who knew real machines.
I took a chance and bought a Elna tsp. It arrived and it is spotless, except for the light. I knew how to put a new light in, bought exactly the same bulb as you, magic.
But I still didn't cotton on that the bobbin was not moving. When I switched the machine on the motor sounds so smooth.
Only when threading it, the bobbin thread didn't come up. So disappointed.
I have been on RUclips for a week of intense studying, I made contact with a chap in Niew Zealand, Gary and he said that it sounded like the bottom gear that you have done an amazing video think a year ago.
I have got a Polish friend who will have a look and hopefully it is just the gear.
I don't trust the mechanics here to work on the machine.
You people in the USA have got such a passion for these old beauties and if I had the money I would import an Elna that has been restored by you.
Hope you haven't nodded off, but I am so excited that I can show my Polish friend a super video.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks
Anita
Hello, Anita, thank you for your kind note. It makes me happy knowing my little videos are helping people repair their lovely machines. I had no experience with Elna up until about 3 years ago when I found a pink top for sale locally. The motor sounded fine so I brought it home only to discover the exact issue you describe with your TSP; the hook wasn’t turning. At the time there wasn’t a comprehensive video showing how to do the hook pinion gear replacement so I muddled through it using the service documentation and some good advice from the internet. While doing the repair I fell in love with the exquisite quality of these beasts! Once I had it down I reckoned it would be worthwhile to make a video of the replacement process so that others in similar straits would have an easier go of it. After my few years of experience redoing these machines I recommend just replacing both the hook pinion gear and the camstack (Elnagraph) drive pinions. The plastic they used simply gets brittle over the decades and will fail even under normal conditions. Once replaced and with the machines properly cleaned and lubricated they are good to go for another lifetime of sewing. I wish you well with your TSP and if your friend has any questions about the repair procedure I can be reached at elnamech@leahys.net Best wishes and thank you again for your kind note.
Great to see this, my wife has been wanting to switch this out for years. We've been trying options outside the bulb and none worked well. Thanks!
What do you call this form factor/standard size of bulb? Seems taller than most other push in sewing bulbs, but I have this same model of machine.
The bulbs are double contact bayonet style with a 15mm diameter base and are referred to as BA-15D 120V (in the USA) In other countries with 220 volt service then the bulbs should be purchased with that rating. The original incandescent bulb was 63.5 mm long and the LED bulbs I use are 64.5 mm. BA-15D bulbs are a common standard and available in many different lengths that will work but if you go too short you will have a hard time getting them in and out. Something between 63 and 65mm is what you want to get.