I just go with the flow and oil more when I use it more, oil less when I use it less.
How to thread my bobbin on singer red eye 66 manual#
(Again, manual will probably tell you specific intervals. :O)īasically a drop in each hole here and there will keep your vintage in tip-top shape. The good thing is, they are easy to spot when you look over your machine and practically spell out for you where you should put some oil.
There are others near the bobbin winder, for instance, not shown in the photo. Here’s a picture of –not all!- – some of the oil ports, so you know what they look like when you go oiling.Īrrows indicate oil port locations on the top of the 66. No more dropping it off for repairs and service! You can do this all yourself! These machines were made to be maintained by the sewist, as you will see as we go on. (It also doubles as an exterior machine cleaner as it gently cleans and sheens the gals!) You can use this to put in all of the little oil ports on your machine. So when you get this machine from your real estate sale, garage sale, Craig’s list ad, grandmother’s hand-me-down, however you get it, the first thing you’ll want to do is oil it up and get thing moving smooth again. (Right is longer stitch length left is shorter.) And, lastly, I have an arrow showing where your treadle belt will be located, if you’re using a treadle. The knob to the bottom of that is your stitch length control. Hopefully, you don’t have to go there often – it can be a pain in the rear!) The top right area is showing your bobbin winder. (Your lower bobbin area has a tiny flat-head screw that you can turn to adjust lower tension. To the top of that is the tension knob for your thread tension. You slide that plate to the left and drop it in. The lower left labeling is showing you where your bobbin goes. Darn blurry text! Let’s go left to right. (And because Matt may read this if he gets a case of serious boredom or the flu and has nothing else better to do, he helped me out when there was something I just couldn’t figure out - if that ever did happen! LOL)įirst things first, let’s start with some nerdy sewing eye candy.Īnd some pictures with some labeling so that some terms used in this post make more sense down the line. It was my everyday machine for five years (until that pesky Singer 15 got in the way!), and I had no trouble just tinkering with it and figuring it out – with a little help from Professor YouTube in the early days. I will tell you that, to this day, I do not own a manual for this machine. My hope is that it will get you a little more comfortable with your new machine in an upbeat, non-technical, user-friendly way.
) This is more of an oh-geez-I-just-got-this-machine-because-I-thought-it-was-pretty-and-now-I-think-I-want-to-get-it-up-and-running kind of visual walk-through. This post is not intended to be a full-blown manual by any stretch of the imagination. We have models from 19, and both are identical (at least to my not super-observant eyes) to each other besides the fact that one is in the process of becoming a hand crank machine and the other is a treadle. (You can find the other decal sets assigned to the old Singer 66’s here: ) I’m warning you now, you may spend more time than you’d care to admit ogling the gorgeous decal sets used over the years! The two 66’s that we have in our collection are both “Red Eyes.” Not all Singer 66 models will have these decals, but it is a quite popular look. Sew (I’m sorry, couldn’t resist!) let’s talk it out! (My kids will get all seven, whether they like it or not! LOL) I promise, it’s not as intimidating as it looks. Relax! Chances are, if you have one, it can be cleaned and oiled and used for many years to come. At first, you’re nervous and fear you’ve bitten off more than you can chew. And, as they should, they decide that they’re not going to just use it for display they’re going to actually use it to sew.
Time and time again, I see someone purchasing one of these babies as their first vintage machine. As I’ve mentioned before, it was the first machine I ever used (after my ten-minute run with a new, plastic, made-in-China Singer that had me proclaiming that sewing and I were not right for each other) - and it’s still one of my favorites. I do like most of the old, iron, ornate machines that Singer put out but the 66 is definitely special.
Give me a minute to let me fix myself up so no one can tell I was just doing the happy dance for you!) The title really says it all! If you really did just score yourself a vintage Singer 66, congratulations, and welcome to your new addiction! (Now hold on.
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