![]() (I paid $30, just because it was a Bernina and had the pedal and cord, even though we had no idea if it ran at all, and turned out to be frozen solid.) For a $20 serger, you kind of expect this kind of mess. This isn't actually a large amount of lint, it looks so nasty, due to the rust! This is before I cleaned it out. Time, of course, also causes the old oil to dry up, and turn into a lacquer, or glue, which can also freeze your sergers and sewing machines, into solid blocks of metal. ![]() ![]() Lint absorbs the oil and lubricants from the metal, and then holds moisture it absorbs from the atmosphere, causing rust. Lint is the enemy of sergers, left inside your serger, especially if you live in a humid environment, it will cause rust to form. My hubby helps me fix sewing machines and sergers, it is how I have good sewing machines, that I couldn't otherwise afford! Note, I had not put the front door back on, after timing it, when I sewed this stitch sample, and took this photo. After repairs and oiling, test stitching, shown with 4 different colors of threads, shows that it works correctly, that the timing is right.
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