FWIW, no plastic on which I've tried it has been affected by De-Oxit. In your case acetone would certainly be a good solvent to avoid IMO. Here are some industrial sewing machine websites:
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/two-needle-sewing-machine https://www.ebay.com/b/Juki-Industrial-Sewing-Machines/26256/bn_17644433 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MG wrote: > I am a little hesitant to use Acetone in this case because there > seem to be a lot of plastic parts on this thing. I will have to > find the on/off switch and mounts because they have already > decayed and fallen apart probably due to ozone, so I don't want > to get anything near this that is a known plastic eater. > > This is actually a serger and on the cheap side at around $300 > when my wife bought it about 20 or 25 years ago. > > I need to find one of those heavy duty machine to do some leather > or 4-5 layers of denim. Is there some special foot that does > those double fold seams with the two rows of stitching. I know it > will need a two needle machine. It's funny but my wife had a > double needle machine and got rid of it because her mom gave her > an old White. Oh well. > > MG > > archer75--- via Mercedes wrote: > > While you're waiting on delivery you might try Deoxit. If that doesn't > > work, a half and half mixture of ATF and acetone. I've had good luck > > freeing up similar problems with both of them. When trying either one I put > > moderate back and forth pressure on the frozen part every time I think > > about it as well as more solvent. When I finally detect the slightest > > movement, I put on more solvent and more back and forth pressure. It > > usually starts turning pretty soon after that. > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > There may still be a solid dependable "modern" computer augmented sewing > > machine with all the current automated aids for sewing. > > My wife used one of that brand for many years, and then gave it to our > > daughter when I gave her a new one for Xmas. She used the new one for many > > years until she died, and now my daughter is sewing on it; having given the > > first machine to my grand daughter. The only problem with the second > > machine, which is computer controlled via a pc board, was when lightning > > transients or a voltage surge destroyed the PC board. I bought a new pc > > board from a dealer for about $100 and the machine has been good as new > > since then. > > The brand is Viking, made by Husqvarna in Sweden. The prices range from > > $3000 to $7000 which explains why many people have never heard of them. > > Dealers often demonstrate their "toughness" by sewing two pieces of tin > > together. > > > > http://www.american-sewing.com/sewing-machines-husqvarna-viking.html > > > > Gerry > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > MG wrote: > >> Thanks Max I'll get some of that. > >> > >> Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > >>> I used Boeshield T-9, which is not really advertised as penetrating oil > >>> but > >>> does that job very well. > >>> > >>> https://boeshield.com/ > >>> > >>> A little pricey, but it was recommended for marine use as a all-around > >>> preservative and lubricant, so I gave it a try and it worked like a champ. > >>> > >>> ------------- > >>> Max > >>> Charleston SC > >>> > >>> On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 7:49 AM, MG via Mercedes <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> What penetrating oil did you use? I have an older seized machine also. > >>>> > >>>> MG > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- [email protected] <[email protected]> --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
