ELNA Supermatic - Page 2

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INTRODUCTION
ELNAtechnicalmanualswereoriginallycreatedforexclusiveusebytrainedELNASalesandTechnicalpersonnel
only.
MynameisJimCavanaugh.Ihave30yearsofexperienceasatechnicalwriter.Icreatedthisservicemanual
based on my interpretation of the original ELNA Service Manual (Edition February 1954) with additional
informationfromotherELNAservice,trainingandusermanualsaswellaseveryYouTubevideoIcouldfind.
Ihavetriedtocompileacomprehensivesourceofinformationfor use by other ELNA enthusiasts. I have
enhancedexistingillustrationsandcreatednewoneswherenoneexisted.IacquiredmyfirstELNASupermatic
(a 1957 Two Tone Green Serial No. 7,883,352 shown below) and began to overhaul and troubleshoot my
machine. Ifound theavailable information tobe lacking.In addition tothis Service ManualI updated three
editionsoftheELNAPartsCatalogs.Irecommendyoureferencetheminconjunctionwiththismanual.TheParts
Catalogswillhelpyouidentifythepropernamesofcomponentsaswellastheirlocationandorientationinthe
machine.ThereisacolumninthePartsCatalogsthatliststheserialnumbersforwhenchangesweremadeto
specific components. Identify the serial number of the machine you are working on to understand which
revisionofcomponentsappliestoyourmachine.Keepinmindthatsomeofthechangesthatweremadewere
donetocorrectproblemsorimproveperformance.Itispossiblethatsomecomponentsinyourmachinemay
havebeenupdatedatsomepointinthepast.
To aid in my comprehension of these machines, I acquired two additional ELNA Supermatic machines for
reference,a1953Green,SerialNo.3,571,077anda1961Beige,SerialNo.1,288,854.
IwillpostthismanualinthefilesoftheFacebookgroups“ElnaSupermaticandtheElnaGrasshopper”and
“VintageElnaSewingMachines.”TheaforementionedPartsCatalogscanbefoundthereaswell.
Ihopeyoufindthisinformationuseful.Iwillcontinuetoexpandandupdatethismanualasmyknowledgeand
understandingofthemachinegrows.Iwelcomeanycommentsorinformationtothatend.