Monday, January 26, 2009

The Right Sewing Machine Repair Book

By David Trumble

Picture what it would be like to do your own sewing machine services. You might even do services for friends, neighbors, and customers in your own home business. Did you know that there are literally millions of sewers who need someone to repair their sewing machine at least once a year?

Today, you can learn sewing machine repair from the convenience of your own home. There some great manuals, books, and courses available over the internet. My purpose in this article is to help you choose the right one for you. What do you need in a sewing machine repair course? Do you want good quality, easy to understand writing?

Quality information you can depend on is a top consideration. Having that information presented clearly and understandably is also important. You need the right stuff to confidently repair sewing machines.

Build on the skills you already have. If you are mechanically minded, you will find it easy to learn the specialized skills you need.

If you less mechanicallymindful, you may be fearful to work on a sewing machine. A good sewing machine repair manual will give you the confidence, knowledge, and skill to do the job right.

Just what do you look for in a sewing machine course?

One: It should be convenient. Yes, you could spend thousands of dollars flying to Denver, Chicago, or St. Louis for a few days of training, but that may not be convenient. On the other hand, several great courses are now available over the internet. They are easy to download and access on your schedule.

Second, the repair book must cover a wide range of sewing machine brands, makes, and models. A manual on a specific model may be useful, but may not be helpful on any other sewing machine. The course should cover the similarities and differences between machines.

Then, make sure the repair book deals with the full range of topics. The technician will need to understand threads, threading, tensions, bobbins, and many other basic items. Make sure it starts with basics and moves to include more advanced themes.

Fourth, the sewing machine repair manual needs to teach the proper disassembly procedures and methods. This should be followed by instruction in proper cleaning and lubrication techniques.

Make sure the course is thorough. The course should teach a complete tune up plan with detailed checklists. When you are done you will need to know how to test the machine for many issues as well as identify the causes and provide the corrective measures.

Sixth, it should guide you how to do all the typical repairs on lights, motors, wiring, controls, and other parts.

Seventh, it should teach the secrets of adjusting needle bar height and alignment, tensions, hook-needle timing, feed timing, balance, and other common adjustments.

Replacing parts is important. You will need to understand the appropriate steps to identify problems, disassemble, and replace parts. Does the repair manual teach the full process?

Finally, does the repair book guide you to wholesale and retail sources of replacement parts? This is something you will want once you get started repairing sewing machines.

Millions of sewing machine users are looking for someone to service their sewing machine. Why not be the solution to their search? This is an easy business to start from your garage without any overhead. If you charged only $90 per machine, you could be earning good profits very quickly.

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