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Greetings,
I have a Yamata FY5318 sewing machine. It works perfectly except that it gets some oil on the bottom side of the material being sewn. I tried to see if there was an oiler adjustment on the bottom side near the bobbin area but I don't see one anywhere. I need your advice on how to end the oil getting on my material issue. BTW, the oil level in the bottom reservior is between Low and Full.

Thanks,
Dennis

I'm branching out into leather for furniture. I've been researching it but it appears that suppliers for good leather at reasonable prices are hard to find. Do any of you work in leather and have a good supplier that you use? Please advise.

I am trying to use a Yamata FY5318 walking foot sewing machine. It's a nice machine, but the LOML's grip as well as mine is how difficult it is to get the bobbin in and out of the machine.

So....I figure that I'll have to take the machine apart, grind off some of the metal arm that is mostly in the way of the bobbin so we can get the bobbin in and out of the machine without cussing and fussing for an hour.....then later on, buy a better machine.

If you were looking for a used machine, what would it be? Remember, the sky is NOT the limit on price. I'm looking to keep it under $1500.

I have my Great Grandmother's old rocking chair. She traded 2 of her paintings and some items she made for this chair....MANY year ago. Granny Bolton sat in this chair every day and I remember seeing her in this chair for as far back as I can remember. It was then handed down to my Grandmother and then my parents didn't want the chair and I said I wanted it because it was comfortable and it was from my Great Grandparents old place. As best I can find out, this chair is between 70 & 90 years old. We used it here in our home until the duct tape ceased to hold the upholstery together any more.











I found all kinds of stuff inside this chair. Some old beads that Granny used to string beads to make stuff with, old safety pins like the ones she used to help hold her cooking apron on her dress while she cooked, old pennies, and even a piece of an old envelope that was wadded up down inside the chair that had a small ball of cotton thread safely tucked away for safe keeping.
You see, they lived through the Great Depression...and they kept EVERYTHING, no matter how trivial and useless it seemed....they kept it. More about all this later on I guess.

But now, you see what I'm starting with and yes, this is my very first upholstery work of anything more than a simple seat cushion. May be more than I've bargained for, but this chair was family for many years and I'm just cut from the cloth where family passes on family. So.....I have this chair and I'm going to make it useful and pretty again for my kids to pass on to their kids. (I hope) :D