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Bernina 830 service manual ?

Hello everyone, My very first post... I have a Bernina 830 (1970's - ish) that I literally found in the street. Aside from a few cosmetic problems, it works very well. Only issue is that the lever to adjust the stitch length doesn't want to lock in the shortest setting. Um, if you know what I mean.. So, I can't get the decorative stitches to look very nice. As far as I can tell, this model has no adjustment for the stitches beyond width and length.

Does anyone know if there is anyplace I can buy or download a Bernina 830 Service manual? I have a printout of the users' manual, but that doesn't help much...

There is a Bernina Dealer/service center 'nearby', about 10 miles away, but I don't currently have a car. I am also a little nervous about getting it serviced. ('It can't be fixed... They don't make the parts... How about this $7,000.00 combination sewing machine / serger / coffee maker / alarm clock / rotisserie? )

So, I'd be grateful for any advice. :)

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How very wise of you on all points. A rescued classic Bernina! You lucky thing, you!

You may find that all it needs is a bit of oiling... For basic old Bernina oiling, take off the free-arm cover and the top, and oil all the red painted dots. Clean out any lint and fluff that has fossilized rounf the feed dogs. While you have the top off, take a look and see what you see happening as you waggle the stitch length lever up and down... If any grease on the mechanism has gone dark and waxy, pick it off with something like a plastic toothpick and replace it with sewing machine grease or Vaseline.

Meanwhile you might also like to join the Yahoo group wefixit, dedicated to getting old sewingmachines back into working order. If someone knows of a copy of the workshop repair manual, they'll let you know.

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Kate XXXXXX

Very simple device. The lever has a knob on the end you turn it in (tighten) to shorten the stitch length or loosen to lengthen them.

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Ron Anderson

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:Thanks for the advice Kate! I'm pretty sure I didn't oil everything thatmight need it. And I'll take a look at everything, and see what's up. Ron, thanks also. I can adjust the stitch length by turing the knob, but only up to a certain point. The lever just won't move up to the recommended setting for the decorative stitches.

Marc

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My 530 has another lever on the right end of the machine. If that lever is up, the stitch length lever behaves like yours. If it is down the stitch length lever can move through its full range. I don't have an

830, but I think it may work like this too.

--Betsy

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Betsy

Try putting it in place where you want it then tighten the knob Is a very simple system. just moves a slide block inside not much at all that can go wring with it. You might pop the top and look in there to be sure nothing foreign is jammed in it. You would be surprised at what I see inside machines. Children and mice seem to love storing things in sewing machines. Found nearly 5 pounds of raisins in one old singer for a customer. She could not imagine where they went and suddenly her machine just would not move. We both got a chuckle on that one.

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