Singer 14SH654 upper looper replacement

The best link is your local dealer/repair shop.

gwh

I agree. Looper timing is a matter of fractions of millimetres and usually done these days with an electronic timing device

Not really a task for an untrained person. The advice Wayne and Kate give is very good. That said. here is my $.02 Think of the loopers as knitting needles. The upper looper must pas a close as possible to the lower looper without touching it and the point must pass through the scarf in the looper. It must also pass the needle(s) sufficiently and at the correct height so as to allow the needle threads to be caught in the looper thread.

Now pack it up and bring it to the repair shop.

If only we could clone Wayne and Ron so that everyone could have a competent local repair shop.

We've gone from lots of sewing machine stores, selling and repairing, to a small handful of stores that only sell new machines. Even second-hand machines are usually only available in private sales around here. The shops send repairs out to regional centers, which means the machine is gone for weeks, sometimes months. This is a really good reason why serious stitchers need more than one machine on hand.

I love my 644D. You got it for a very good price. Mine was at least $100 more but then I got lots of goodies with it, coupons for a lot of free fabric, patterns and notions, as well as 10% off when I shop in the store I bought it at. Juno

"Stitchers" (Non-gender-specific term for people who join pieces of fabric together and do other assorted sewing tasks)...Hmmm...

"Sewers" (A system for removing waste)...Hmmm...

Since many here don't seem to like "Sewists" (my preferred term), I think I'll start using "Stitchers". ;-)

Thanks!

Beverly

Good advice!

Ron, while you're here, do you by any chance, have the narrow-rolled-hem needle plate and foot for a Bernette MO

2-3-4 serger? Mine somehow wandered off while I was doing DD's wedding sewing a couple of years back. I have another machine I can use, but I like to have all the attachments for my machines before I give them away or eBay them.

Beverly

Ah, "sewists" is good. I'll admit, "sewers" always gives me that little bump off the narrative moment, then I correct my mental image. Seamers is too limited, we'd need seamers, darters, basters, finishers, menders, darners, etc. which is too cumbersome. I think I have a mental picture of us all being stitchers of one sort or another, so it popped out, so to speak.

Seamstress and tailor are too specific for these terms.

Quilting seems to be addictive. That's probably why. ;-)

:-)) I'm unreconstructed. I find 'sewist' a bit too artificial - like saying 'actor' for 'actress'.

I'll admit, "sewers" always gives me that little

I still use 'sewers' as I know what I'm talking about and I never mix my drains with my fabric and threads :-)) But I like Stitchers. Must remember to use it more often.

I prefer "sewists". "Stitchers" has been very heavily adopted by the cross-stitch crowd, and they might not like us taking what they consider to be their term.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

Did they copyright or trademark it? ;-> If not, it's not "their" term....

Beverly

Exactly, both are too gender-specific, at least in common usage. I still like "sewist", but I can be persuaded to use "stitcher".

I don't think either one is in the realm of "actor/actress sculptor/sculptress executor/executrix" gender-specific usage.

Beverly

We could stitch circles around them!!! ;-)

Ahh, the language evolves! I could never get my head arounf 'sewists' but 'stitchers' seems (excuse the pun) like a nice non-gender-specific term....