I have a similar Rocketeer, mint condition, had very little use when I got it, but it ran bad, motor sounded off. I rebuilt the motor, put in a new bearing, with same results. When I swapped out the motor for another newly rebuilt one it ran like a Swiss clock! Original motor probably had a bent shaft from the factory and original owner didn’t use it much because of this problem. Thanks for all your wonderful videos!
Hephaestus; Greek God of Crafting. He's better than new b/c he's been thru his trials, is broken it, and running at 100%. The smoothest running 500A I've seen, and I've seen a few. Congratulations and appreciate the hard work and time it took you. Thanks for sharing.
What a lovely sound emanating from what I think is the most visually appealing VSM. I have several vintage Singers, including two 500As. I didn’t have any until a random video showed up in my TH-cam feed from some guy named Andy Tube 💕 who was restoring a vintage Singer and I thought, “Hey, that could be fun…”
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. And then I got to thinking that I would never be able to explain that to anyone else. There is a particular type of madness in finding a video like this exciting. Congratulations on a job well done. And thank you for sharing this video!
Additional note: these are not "industrial" machines and they are not meant to sew at insane speeds -- they're domestic and for typical household projects. That said, these older machines are notoriously more powerful and durable than most things available new today.
Hi, Great video. A friend just gave me one of these machines to try and get working. I am having issues with the presser foot being too loose so the fabric glides when sewing. Do you have an advice /tutorial on how to fix this issue? The tan pressure dial is really stiff. I was able to remove it but now wonder what I should do next. I can't find any info in the service manual on how to fix the problem.
I have a similar Rocketeer, mint condition, had very little use when I got it, but it ran bad, motor sounded off. I rebuilt the motor, put in a new bearing, with same results. When I swapped out the motor for another newly rebuilt one it ran like a Swiss clock! Original motor probably had a bent shaft from the factory and original owner didn’t use it much because of this problem. Thanks for all your wonderful videos!
Hephaestus; Greek God of Crafting. He's better than new b/c he's been thru his trials, is broken it, and running at 100%. The smoothest running 500A I've seen, and I've seen a few. Congratulations and appreciate the hard work and time it took you. Thanks for sharing.
What a lovely sound emanating from what I think is the most visually appealing VSM. I have several vintage Singers, including two 500As. I didn’t have any until a random video showed up in my TH-cam feed from some guy named Andy Tube 💕 who was restoring a vintage Singer and I thought, “Hey, that could be fun…”
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. And then I got to thinking that I would never be able to explain that to anyone else. There is a particular type of madness in finding a video like this exciting. Congratulations on a job well done. And thank you for sharing this video!
I have one of these. Wonderful machine. Works like a horse, quiet as a mouse. Stitches are beautiful. So happy to see this one brought back to life.
Thanks! It's always a pleasure to make them work like a sports car!
that sounds so smooth!!!
Additional note: these are not "industrial" machines and they are not meant to sew at insane speeds -- they're domestic and for typical household projects. That said, these older machines are notoriously more powerful and durable than most things available new today.
Hi, Great video. A friend just gave me one of these machines to try and get working. I am having issues with the presser foot being too loose so the fabric glides when sewing. Do you have an advice /tutorial on how to fix this issue? The tan pressure dial is really stiff. I was able to remove it but now wonder what I should do next. I can't find any info in the service manual on how to fix the problem.