Elaina
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Oh yes, lint.
I forget about some of the issues because I don't sew with an electric, but generally (for me, now) every 3 garments have a button needing a button hole, and when I remove my feed dogs, I take paint brush, bout 1 1/2" in size and "sweep" the machine. It's all I use the brush for. I also can dust Mike with it, then I oil and treadle it w/o the belt while I'm sewing the buttons on
I agree about the "pop". The needles I generally get are in arabic, and they're supposed to tell you which fabric they sew.
If/when I do it right, and don't recylce needles and/or don't sharpen them, I cange them out every 8 hours of sew time, with buttonholes being the final thing I do before I toss it (old cam style, it will kill a needle.)
I forget about some of the issues because I don't sew with an electric, but generally (for me, now) every 3 garments have a button needing a button hole, and when I remove my feed dogs, I take paint brush, bout 1 1/2" in size and "sweep" the machine. It's all I use the brush for. I also can dust Mike with it, then I oil and treadle it w/o the belt while I'm sewing the buttons on
I agree about the "pop". The needles I generally get are in arabic, and they're supposed to tell you which fabric they sew.
If/when I do it right, and don't recylce needles and/or don't sharpen them, I cange them out every 8 hours of sew time, with buttonholes being the final thing I do before I toss it (old cam style, it will kill a needle.)