Singer 457 - Caring for Your Sewing Machine; Every Week or so

Carir~q for your sewingmachine
Your sewing
machine is a fine yet sturdy precision instrument,
and it will serve you perfectly for many years if you take a few
simple steps to keep it in good condition . How often you will need
to clean, oil, and lubricate the machine will dependon how often
you use it and where you keep it .
The following general guidelines
assume that you
will be sewing two or three times a week . But
if you use
the machine continuously, clean and oil it daily . Or, if
you keep it in a very warm or damp place, oil and lubricate it more
frequently than the guidelines suggest
.
EVERY WEEK ORSO
Remove lint and fluff from
exposed
parts . (As a matter of
fact, you will
be
able to see the lint and fluff
gathering on these parts, and we
recommend that you remove them
as
they
accumulate .)
With a soft cloth, clean
" Tension discs
" Take-up lever and
thread guides
" Presser
bar and needle bar
" Machine surface (arm and bed)
If necessary, dampen the cloth to
clean the machine surface . Do not
use detergents .
With a lint brush, clean
Behind face plate (For instruc-
tions onremoving the face plate,
see page 55 .)
Bobbin
area
(For instructions
onremoving
the
throat plate
and
bobbin case, see next page .)
After each cleaning apply
a drop
(but no more than a drop)
of
SINGER* oil to the areas shown .
Then sew a line of stitching on
a scrap of
fabric to remove ex-
cess oil .
Clean
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