Companion video for articles found on https://www.archaicarcane.com
See note below this description for “smaller” tensioners, like the featherweight and 301 machines.
Disassembly and Re-assembly directions for Singer Vintage machine upper tensioners. This tutorial done ON machine. This works for many but not all tensioners. It depends on the thread take up spring. Works for most Singers up to the mid-60s at least, and with creativity should help you reassemble many other brands from the same era as well.
Note: The “2 setting” I mention toward the end of the video works for most full sized tensioners. For the smaller tensioners, like the 301 and the Featherweight, I find that the setting is full tight when the post is flush – between 9 and 10.
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