Sewing Machines: Cleaning and Adjusting

1943

National Agricultural Library

Farmers' Bulletin Number 1944

Making... making over... mending... these are three big wartime as well as peacetime jobs. A sewing machine in good running condition can help do all three. It thus helps families practice the conservation and thrift so essential now.

All well-made sewing machines, new or old, used constantly or idle, can be made to run easily and sew perfectly. Even old machines that have seen generations of household use can be put into first-class condition and need not be exchanged for a newer machine. Parts may need replacing but the machine will seldom wear out if periodically cleaned, oiled, and adjusted. This cleaning, oiling, and adjusting can be done by the owner without the use of special tools or skill. For perfect and easy sewing, however, certain adjustments must be correct.

This bulletin is prepared as a guide for homemakers in the cleaning, oiling, and correct adjusting of sewing machines. Additional information and assistance in restoring machines to running order is provided by many State extension services through demonstrations in local communities.

U.S. Department of Agriculture