- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Have I removed something that I should not have removed? 
I am guessing that not many people on here do machine sewing, but IIRC some people wifes or partners who might.
Yesterday, my sewing machine, rather elderly, decided to completely mess up the stitches and jam.
I tried rethreading, putting a different bobbin etc. Also adjusted the tension etc. Then followed the instructions
about cleaning the Hook Race. Removed the needle plate, and started to clean said hook race and housing. There was not much lint or dust there, but right in the centre appeared to be a wodge of lint, which was difficult to remove.
Out with the tweezers and remove said "lint". But it looks like a special shaped tube of felty material, and is spotted with oil.
I put the machine back together again, and it now works. But is that wodge of felty stuff important? It occurs to me that it is there for a reason, to stop oil transfering to fabric? It is uniform in colour, and density not multi-coloured like wot you would expect lint to be.
There is a forum called sewingonline that has a system where can call someone and they can ring you, for which there is a charge. But if this is an easy peasy question for people who do lots of machine sewing or whose wife does lots of sewing, I would like to know the answer please.
Sensible answers might be preferred, rather than too many puns.
I am guessing that not many people on here do machine sewing, but IIRC some people wifes or partners who might.
Yesterday, my sewing machine, rather elderly, decided to completely mess up the stitches and jam.
I tried rethreading, putting a different bobbin etc. Also adjusted the tension etc. Then followed the instructions
about cleaning the Hook Race. Removed the needle plate, and started to clean said hook race and housing. There was not much lint or dust there, but right in the centre appeared to be a wodge of lint, which was difficult to remove.Out with the tweezers and remove said "lint". But it looks like a special shaped tube of felty material, and is spotted with oil.
I put the machine back together again, and it now works. But is that wodge of felty stuff important? It occurs to me that it is there for a reason, to stop oil transfering to fabric? It is uniform in colour, and density not multi-coloured like wot you would expect lint to be.
There is a forum called sewingonline that has a system where can call someone and they can ring you, for which there is a charge. But if this is an easy peasy question for people who do lots of machine sewing or whose wife does lots of sewing, I would like to know the answer please.
Sensible answers might be preferred, rather than too many puns.
