I got a spool pin, and I put the new belt on.but the Singer 66 bobbins do not fit they are to big any ideas on the bobbin size for this one. Oops I forgot you don't have a spool pin :) hope you can get one very soon :) Have you managed to get her stitching? Was the tension ok? I don't like to see cabinets restored to glossy new finish either. It looks great, and the Redeye is perfect with your Christmas tree :) The crazing in the top coat of lacquer is pretty common on machines of this age, you can disguise it with a slick of sewing machine oil lightly buffed. I had to sand the cabinet as it was to rough, and the coffee cup ring was bad. I think it retains the aged look.thoughts. Moving onto the cabinet, the head is all clean and pretty :)īefore and after machine and cabinet, trying to decide if I should leave the drawers as is, I only applied bees wax to them. I have my favorite guy I have had servicing my Athena for years :) I'm going to be hunting those down today. The spool pin is missing, the bobbin cover was in the treadle drawer but the spring is broken. Or, the flat spring under it might be broken.Īlso seems to be missing a spool pin? you can buy these on ebay or a good Singer dealer might have one - compare prices before you decide The right way to replace (and remove) the cover is to carefully slide it in from (or toward when removing) the middle, underneath the presser foot, and then it won't fall off. If the bobbin cover isn't staying on, it's been removed at some stage and not replace properly. It's lovely - you found a bobbin cover plate? And what was worrying you about the tension - seems ok to me. I uploaded the pictures, started to clean her up also. Yours is one of a batch of 5o,000 commissioned 28th May 1923.Ĭan you post a closer pic of the tension dial?Īs soon as it gets delivered tomorrow I will take better pics of it. The G series is a big one, and the numbers with leading zero's are at the end, after the 999 ones. Red Eye's are always 66 machines :) they didn't use this decal on any other model.

Singer red eye 66 shuttle