Cary Groner grew up in the Midwest and has worked as a journalist and photographer for many years. He earned his MFA in fiction writing from the University of Arizona in 2009, and his debut novel, Exiles, was a Chicago Tribune “best book” of 2011. His short stories have won numerous awards, including the Glimmer Train fiction open, and have appeared there and in other venues including American Fiction, Mississippi Review, Sycamore Review, and Southern California Review. Cary teaches at the Writing Salon and is completing a new novel and a story collection. His website is www.carygroner.com.
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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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