I finally managed to get time to take the 950 to my service man on Tuesday. Very luckily for me he had a quiet morning and was able to put it right while I was in Town . I have a two hour round trip to go to his shop. It was the timing as suspected, which is now fixed and he gave her a general clean up and oil.
Got to test her out for myself on Tuesday evening but I forgot to apply what the service man had just told me about beginning each piece of stitching with the eye of the thread take up bar in it's top most position, he pointed out how the needle can be in the up position without the thread take up bar/eye in the uppermost position. He recommended this to avoid the bunching of the bobbin thread that I said to him I can get occasionally. Of course in my excitement of having her back I forgot this and promptly jammed the whole machine with looped bobbin thread...... a good while later I admitted defeat as it was totally jammed and went to cook the evening meal. One hour later after eating it released it's hold on the jam and sewed like a dream!!!!!!!!!!!
So yesterday afternoon after my morning market I got stuck into the pile of dresses I have cut out and waiting. 1st dress got spat on by the steam iron leaving nasty marks so as soon as I had stitched it I loaded the washing machine and popped it in with a mixed load. Started No2 dress and found that the 950 had deposited a nice patch of sewing machine oil on the reverse side!!!! I thought I had wiped her down very well but she was saving that drop just for me, so I hand washed the lining after attacking the patch with swafega . Put on line to dry started dress No3 hooray no spitting iron , no more drops of oil. It took all afternoon but I finally made a dress. This morning it should go faster as the lining is dry for No2 dress, so I have that dress half made and No1 dress is dry now just needs a press and some press studs. I might see the bottom of the box by the end of Friday if nothing else happens.
Hoping for a less adventurous day.