Machines that purr

 I recently had two of my machines serviced by a man who does mobile servicing only - Ludwig Castillo - 1300 124 122 - Castillo Machine Repairs . Stephanie came to mine and we watched the magic happen asking lots of questions and getting lots of tips. 

Here are the component scraps from the donated machine that started smoking.

It came from the huge mother board in the electrics of the machine and it turns out it is not needed these days anyway.

I would recommend Ludwig's service to anyone who has sewing machine issues. He is so thorough and willing to explain things as he goes. He demonstrated the final sewing and would not leave it until the stitches were perfect.

My other machine also had lots of issues even though I had kept it relatively clean where I could get to.

One thing I did learn about was his fabulous screw driver. None of the screw drivers supplied with machines fit under the machine properly to remove the screws in the bobbin plate but he had a short stubby one.

I'm now going to find the one he had which has interchangeable screwdriver inserts.

On Friday I'm going to give myself a sewing day with Elaine.

While I could not get on with sewing upstairs I finished the jigsaw that Janice lent me when she visited a few weeks ago. I is a lovely one.

The part I liked most about the mobile sewing machine service is that in a few hours you could watch ALL parts of the machine being serviced and know that in the end it was done thoroughly.

Thank you Ludwig.