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**e_2** · 03-14-2014, 20:53

Peeled a wad of yellow thread out of the bobbin case... oiled and oiled and worked it for a while. Runs like a champ - just need a new bulb.

*EDIT* I wonder why such a small machine needs eleven thousand thread guides...

**Cowboy247** · 03-15-2014, 08:41

I just acquired a Dial-A-Stitch thread injector. works beautifully, has straight and zig-zag, no frills just a heavy all metal working machine. I cant find a manual anywhere, does anybody know what it is a clone of?

**gmcttr** · 03-15-2014, 09:33

Originally Posted by e_2

...runs like a champ - just need a new bulb...

Good deal. Make sure you get a 15 watt bulb as the 25 watt versions will peel the paint off the light housing.

**squidbilly** · 03-15-2014, 10:03

Originally Posted by gmcttr

When I google Singer 3-120, all I get is the motor number for the Singer 221 Featherweights.

If that is what you have, the manuals can be found on this ISMACS page. Look for the 221 models.

Edit...squidbilly beat me to it but posted a broken link so I win.

I'll concede. Had no idea e-2 was talking about a featherweight. I had the same problem with a Google search, so I just pointed him at Ismacs. I thought you (gmcttr) would know the model e-2 was referring to. I mentioned that number to my wife this AM, and she instantly replied: "that's the # on a featherweight motor"!

**gmcttr** · 03-15-2014, 10:41

Originally Posted by squidbilly

...I mentioned that number to my wife this AM, and she instantly replied: "that's the # on a featherweight motor"!

She should start answering questions for us. All I knew was it didn't look like a Singer model number and that people frequently confuse the motor number for the machine's. I googled it to see if it was an industrial machine or a motor number. I love the internet.

**gmcttr** · 03-15-2014, 10:57

Originally Posted by Cowboy247

I just acquired a Dial-A-Stitch thread injector. works beautifully, has straight and zig-zag, no frills just a heavy all metal working machine. I cant find a manual anywhere, does anybody know what it is a clone of?...

Here's part 1&2 of a generic Japanese zig zag manual that may (or may not) be of some help.

JapaneseZZ-IB-sec1.pdf JapaneseZZ-IB-sec2.pdf

Joining the vintagejapansewingmachines yahoo group and asking them may get a better result.

**Mouseskowitz** · 03-15-2014, 17:15

Well, I've added to my addiction, err collection. This latest one is a 1918 Singer model 66 with the Tiffany or Gingerbread pattern. I'm hoping it will clean up nice, but I'm a little nervous. In some areas it's already down to the silver. At some point it was converted to electric, but I don't have the cabinet it had been in. So, I can plug the motor in but it's all or nothing.

**Cowboy247** · 03-15-2014, 17:19

Originally Posted by gmcttr

Here's part 1&2 of a generic Japanese zig zag manual that may (or may not) be of some help.

JapaneseZZ-IB-sec1.pdf JapaneseZZ-IB-sec2.pdf

Joining the vintagejapansewingmachines yahoo group and asking them may get a better result.

Thanks gmcttr that's just what i was looking for.

**e_2** · 03-15-2014, 22:17

Originally Posted by gmcttr

Good deal. Make sure you get a 15 watt bulb as the 25 watt versions will peel the paint off the light housing.

Rodger that. I might try to rig an LED (I know... blasphemy!) in there in case I have to bring this one on the road. I'll still get the 15w and keep it with the case. It's such a nice machine if you just need straight stitches. Like having a kitten version of a thread injector.

**Debi Jaytee** · 03-16-2014, 13:05

Originally Posted by Cowboy247

I just acquired a Dial-A-Stitch thread injector. works beautifully, has straight and zig-zag, no frills just a heavy all metal working machine. I cant find a manual anywhere, does anybody know what it is a clone of?

I don't know much about sewing machines, but that knob on the base is exactly the same as. On my old Kenmore