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Show GET THE SEWING MACHINE IN ORDER Since early fall is sewing time for many homemakers, tips op keeping the sewing machine running run-ning smoothly should be of interest in-terest at this time. Sarah Nielson Home Demonstration Demonstrat-ion Agent, gives three pointers on how to oil the machine. Use household machine oil, the kind that is made by gasoline companies com-panies or sewing machine manufacturers. manu-facturers. She says put a drop of oil in each hole and on each bearing. bear-ing. The oil is needed where one surface rubs against another or where parts turn inside other parts. If there is a little block of felt or ball of wool that feeds oil to the huttle race, be ure and oil these. If there is no felt or wool, put a thin film of oil on the shuttle race with a cloth. Be careful how oil is used. Mrs. Nielson says most people use too much. Just one drop at each spot is plenty. Too much oil sometimes causes stitches ot skip and it is a waste. When you finish oiling, run the machine a minute or two to work the oil into the bearings. If lint collects under the needle plate, it packs down and is hard to remove. It is good routine care to slide out the needle plate now and then and blow away the coll- ected lint When a machine is left idle for very long, oil it occasionally. This keeps the oil from becoming gummy gum-my and dry and insures a smooth running machine for the next sewing sew-ing job. |