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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
My 30+ year old sewing machine can't be fixed. I'm heartbroken.
We have a great repair place about 15 miles from here. They told me when I dropped it off if it needed parts, they may be out of luck because you can't get them anymore. It's an old Singer Quantum. It was a real workhorse, and gave its all making almost 500 masks from April-June of this year.
We thought it was just the timing that needed adjustment, along with a cleaning and oiling. But there are broken bits, and the motor itself has a weird "whine". It works, but badly.
Silly to get so upset about a sewing machine. What is wrong with me?
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Can the shop look for a secondhand machine of the same model? Either to replace your machine or to use for parts?
I had to get repair parts for an old Hoover vacuum. The guy at the repair shop told me they'd stopped making parts, but he pulled out a cardboard box of parts that had been salvaged from old machines and found exactly what I needed.