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I think the belt's fucked, so I'm taking it in to be serviced.
They said their backlog is 7-10 days, so I'll be without a machine for over a week! 
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I can't sew with it how it is, because the belt is slack and carries on sewing after I've taken the foot off the pedal. And it's making the most ear-bursting whining noise (yes, the machine, not DD!)
so annoyed.
annoyed with the machine in general at the moment - little bits are going wrong here and there. It was last serviced in 2005, so it's time for a professional service 
But I wonder if it might be worth me buying another machine for "spares", for when I get annoyed with this one, for more fancy stitches (mine's a 1960s Jones and only does straight and zigzag (okay ,the manual says you can do almost anything with that zigzag, but I'm not that clever)
what do you think?
I always said that if I ever get another machine, it would be a proper clever expensive and heavy duty machine, which would set me back about £300 to be worth replacing this one. (no point replacing it with something that's just the modern version of it)
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nickelbabe · 06/09/2013 11:51
starfish - no, i wouldn't use the fancy stitches at all probably
it was the only thing i could think of to set my machine apart from one of an equivalent standard in a modern machine.
i would love a back up, but i don't know if "back up" is a good enough reason.
how much do you think i should spend on a back up?
crafty - good point, actually, quite often i have to switch between thread and it gets annoying to keep switching it over and then back again.
my normal machine was about £20 new
my overlocker's a janome, so it might be worth looking at those.
update
I took the machine in, and the belt problem was fixed in about 3 minutes by the lady at the Maidstone Sewing Centre (on Union Street) - she moved the bracket that holds the engine, which also holds the little wheel that joins the belt to the big wheel.
Amazing stuff! (that wasn't in the manual)
and then she played around with it for a minute and announced that the bobbin case was knackered, and needed to be replaced (the little screw that tightens the thread was just gone completely - thread or something - (the screw was there just knackered))
we chatted about machines for a bit, and she said if I did want a second machine that the Brother A10 was the best one for my requirements.
£9 that cost me (and she only charged for the part - the bobbin case)
then I wandered round and bought a marking pen, some needles and a ham
I was desperate for a ham, but didn't want to because I didn't know whether I should (naughty naughty) but I really, really wanted one.
So I bought it,.
Final bill after that was £29.
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