That's cool! I've lost track of how many machines I've "rescued" from the trash...

When you have a machine that's jammed up solid, isolating the top and bottom is a short cut to finding the biggest problems!

Glad you liked it!

I told ya! 🙂

Megan, you have NO idea! :-) This one didn't want to budge, which is bad enough, but the smell!!!!!

I keep 1/8" and 3/16" firm felt cord on hand. I use the 3/16" on the connecting rod cap.

Thanks!

Sorry, that's a part I don't have. Try The Rusty Dragon on eBay, he might have one. Don't forget the screw and the goofy rectangular nut...

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@@BobFowlerWorkshop I found the part on ebay. I broke it apart when trying to adjust. When it arrives, I think I can manage but wanted to thank you so much for doing these videos. It means a lot for folks out here DIY s . Keep em coming. My next project is an Atlas machine. I picked up both for 50. I think with a little elbow grease and time they'll both be running great!

I wish KZfaq would allow us to put pictures in comments... There is a connecting rod that drives the oscillating shaft on the bottom of the machine. The connecting rod is two piece and is driven by the main shaft. The rod is constructed much like a connecting rod in an internal combustion engine, with a small end and a big end - the big end being split so that half is part of the rod, and the other half forms a cap that encloses a journal on the main shaft that is offset from the center line and provides the necessary throw. The two pieces are secured together with screws. At the apex of the cap, there is a large hole bored partially into the cap, and a smaller hole inside the big hole that goes the rest of the way through. The large hole provides a place where wick material - typically firm felt - is placed and is subsequently soaked in sewing machine oil. It is a necessary maintenance procedure to occasionally add more oil to the felt wick as it provides lubrication to the big end of the connecting rod via the small hole that goes through the cap to the main shaft journal. Felt cord of the correct diameter is readily available from industrial suppliers such as McMaster-Carr. Difficulty of installation depends upon the specific machine model, some are simple to access, some require the removal of the connecting rod cap at minimum. I hope that helps...

Try taking the balance wheel off and cleaning the inside of the shaft with a piece of Scotch-Brite pad, likewise the surface it rides on, then oil it lightly.

The short answer is, "it depends". The long answer is there are three basic era's of the 99, the early models with a screw type stitch length regulator and the smaller diameter needle bar (about .187"), the later version with screw type regulator and a larger diameter needle bar (.250"), and the models with the lever type stitch length regulator. Parts interchangeability between US and UK made machines should be 100%, assuming you are working with models of the same era. There is some interchangeability between eras, but that's another story...

@@BobFowlerWorkshop The 99 is a 1928 year model. The 99k is 1954. I changed out the face plate, thread spindle and the balance wheel. Bought the 99 at an estate sale it is in a bentwood box.

@@lindacarlotti333 OK, the question of the hour... What other parts are you looking to interchange? The 99K of that year (should) have a lever type stitch length regulator, but if it doesn't, just about all parts should be interchangable.

Oh, I know the smell of cat pee.... That's not what I'm smelling, it smells more like nail polish remover.

Does it smell like acetone, could someone used it to try & clean the old oil within the machine.. no idea who you are going to get that smell out beside airing it or put a container with carb soda.. I did this to a singer 99K that has the two tone blue trapeze wood case & lavender oil on a cotton ball in open jar & closed the case with machine still in there , as machine had a very strong mould smell regardless how much I cleaned the machine up with sewing oil & it’s slowly losing that mouldy smell.. & I do refresh the bi carb soda & lavender oil cotton ball in the jar ..

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