amethyst73 | The new machine and WOE (Reply)

So the new(er) machine reminds me rather a lot of my mom's. It's a Singer 5932, which doesn't appear to be listed in their catalog anymore. (I'll post a pic of the machine itself soon.) It's quite noisy, tends to have pretty strong tension on the top (I need to leave PLENTY of thread loose, otherwise the loose end will get sucked into the machine when it starts - maybe I've got it threaded wrong), and if the stitches get too short, or if I try doing most of the 'fancy' stitches, the bobbin clogs. Rrrr.

I was messing around with it, and then I put it away in its original styrofoam and box. No problem, right? Wrong.

The pressure foot lever is made of CHEAP plastic.

I had it in the wrong orientation (it turns out!) when I put it away. (It should have been down; I left it up, 'cuz who puts their pressure foot down after finishing their sewing of the moment??)

The lever is now broken in half because the styrofoam packing wasn't compatible with an 'up' position.

Umm. I guess I take it up to the sewing machine repair place downtown and hope? Sure can't find it online anywhere...