Servicing the Singer Genie 354 / Starlet 353 Sewing Machine from 1974

Servicing the Singer Genie 354 / Starlet 353 Sewing Machine from 1974 - Part 2

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Part 2 of a 2 part series covering servicing of this lovely retro Singer Genie 354 sewing machine from 1974.
Check out part 1 here - • Servicing the Singer G...
This video covers cosmetic cleaning, assembling and testing of the sewing machine.
Web Site - www.institches.co.nz
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Index:
0:00 - Welcome to part 2
0:43 - Cleaning the base and serial number
3:33 - Cleaning the front panel
4:00 - Oiling the bobbin winder and cleaning the rear cover
6:21 - Cleaning the slide on cover
6:41 - Cleaning the face plate
6:55 - Comparing the machine before and after servicing
8:00 - Starting the assembly process
9:56 - Installing the front top panel
10:28 - A close look at the tension assembly and installation
15:14 - Installing the back cover
17:49 - Installing the face plate
18:30 - Installing the base
20:19 - Installing the bobbin case
21:19 - Installing the throat plate and slide plate
23:50 - Installing the presser foot
24:24 - Installing the needle
24:58 - Winding a bobbin
30:12 - Installing the bobbin into the bobbin case
31:33 - Top threading
34:24 - Drawing up the bobbin thread
35:50 - Test sewing
37:50 - Wrap up and thanks

Пікірлер: 22

@seamstress514 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, this video is priceless! I never understood how to thread the machine properly from the manual, but I finally got it here, as well as how to clean and take apart the machine. Thank you so much for this!

@KR-pp7wp 17 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! Ripper little machine.😁 A full service on a Janome SR2100 would be fantastic!

@miroslavsegrt596 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for this priceless servicing video that takes me back when my late grandma showed me how to sew,, how to set up and how to do basic maintenance on this good ol' Singer Genie...

@suachuamaymay 3 жыл бұрын

Your guide is very enthusiastic and easy to understand. always support you

@InStitches 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

@palomabecerra3069 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to your video I am rescuing my mother's Singer Genie 354, which she must have bought when I was a toddler. I have great memories of my mother using it to make the curtains of the family summer home in the north of Spain. Now that she has passed away, I miss her dearly and in her honor I will try to use it again to make the new curtains for the same house. Thank you very much for your excellent video.

@InStitches 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and good luck with getting your mother's machine up and running.

@aussieevonne7857 2 күн бұрын

I just today picked up a Singer Starlet from a second hand shop here in The Netherlands. It looks like a '74 model. The press-in mechanism on the hand wheel seems to have perished, but I'll see if it still works. Thank you so much for these videos. I'm curious to find out if I can get replacement bobbins and needles. I hope they're pretty standard and not hard to find. You've been a big help. Thanks so much!

@bodyandsoul17 Жыл бұрын

This 2 part video series was so helpful - thank you! I was able to take everything apart, clean & oil, and put it all back together with this information. Now my almost 50 year old Starlet that had been stored in someone's garage and used only twice (reportedly, and I believe it) is sewing amazingly. I bought it on Ebay for £35, and I think I like it more than my Elna Stella (Lotus).

@lidiapavarani2454 2 жыл бұрын

i bouth yesterday a Starlet. It works Well, flowers are amazing and so seventeens.... with your video surely we'll sew a lot! Thank you!!!!!

@InStitches 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I just displayed mine at a quilt show and it got a lot of attention.

@zane9419 Жыл бұрын

I’ve learned a bit about tension assemblies from watching this video. I hope to see your video where you take a tension assembly apart. Thank you for sharing these three videos and the details!😉

@anitaswart. 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for three interesting videos of this very 70's Singer. The decor takes me back to the early 70's. It was really interesting because this is the first time I have seen these machines. I never saw this Singer in South Africa so I really enjoy it when something new pops up. You are so thorough with your way of working with the machine and I would still like to courier my Elna to you for a service. I think you would make a great teacher. Thanks

@InStitches 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Anita.

@gaylegreer9798 2 жыл бұрын

my hubby is going to go through a 354 for a good friend of ours. Your videos are awesome!!

@InStitches 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@stevenarmstrong7575 3 жыл бұрын

Magic eraser. Great tip. Thank You for the detailed explanation of the tension unit. I repaired mine and got it working but had no idea how it worked until this video. Mine also has black marks all over. I suspect it's from sitting in a closet and having boots and shoes thrown at it over several years. Thanks to your videos I have a Singer 495 Starlet up and running. Still scrubbing the black heal marks though.

@InStitches 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Good luck!

@sewingmachines6369 3 жыл бұрын

👍👍👌

@angelagreene8084 Жыл бұрын

What kind of screwdriver you screwed the nails to hold the genie machine together

@schoenmakerify 2 жыл бұрын

I bought a second hand starlet 353 and serviced it with the help of your great video. I love the index. The sitch is perfect now! Only the machine is running while I am drawing up the bobbin thread. I pushed the round wheel angled. Any suggesting?

@amateursewing 3 жыл бұрын

I managed to get the perspex "flower" panel to swing up to get at the casing screw on the far left, without dismantling the tension assy. (but I did remove the tension assy. on another machine) I like these machines alot, but they dont have a reverse that sews in the same stitch length backward. I am back in NL and still have that Tan Supermatic elna to put back together again, but I am so nervous and still AFRAID of it!! amateursewing