| Have you thought about how self reliant people use | | | | be made by well intended fixers. Repair requires |
| to be? What if you could be self reliant today, at | | | | specialized knowledge. You can either learn this |
| least as far as maintaining your own equipment? | | | | knowledge or depend on the expert services of a |
| Think back thirty or forty years. Things were a lot | | | | skilled technician. |
| simpler and easier. Sewing machines were no | | | | This is where someone with interest in how to repair |
| exception. They were simpler, easier to maintain, and | | | | comes in. It is easy to get started, and if you have |
| simpler to use. | | | | basic mechanical skills, you can succeed. The key is |
| When you got your new one, the dealer taught you | | | | take small steps one after another. You should learn |
| how to oil and clean the machine yourself. That was | | | | to do simple sewing machine repairs first. Learn how |
| the day of true do it yourself repair. You expected | | | | to clean. Gradually, fine tune your sewing machine |
| to it yourself. | | | | repair skills. You may simply want to learn how to do |
| Gradually, the sewing world changed. New power | | | | your own as a hobby. Or you may even want to |
| systems, electronic, computer board turned that cast | | | | pursue it as a business. |
| iron single stitch into a powerful dynamic super | | | | My wife was doing custom sewing out of our home, |
| machines with hundreds of stitches and amazing | | | | but the costs of sewing machine repair was a |
| possibilities. | | | | problem. At the same time, several people responded |
| Were things simpler, or just more primitive? I | | | | to my wife's sewing ads with requests for sewing |
| suppose it is a matter of opinion, but equipment | | | | machine repair. So, I began learning how to do it |
| certainly has advanced. Better equipment today | | | | myself. It took only a few months before the |
| offers hundreds of stitches, spectacular lighting, and | | | | expense turn into a real profit center. Yes, we made |
| loads of convenience features. They are amazing. | | | | money doing sewing machine repair, and so can you. |
| Occasionally, I hear a customer say, I am perfectly | | | | Imagine how exciting it would be to do your own. |
| happy with my old equipment, I would never consider | | | | Lets say you take a repair course and learn to do |
| one of those computerized ones. | | | | your own repair. Lets say you discover the secrets |
| I never argue with them, but sometimes, I will offer | | | | of repair and start doing all your own service. Then |
| the customer a new loaner machine while hers is | | | | suppose you help your relatives, then a friend, a |
| being repaired. It is amazing how many new ones get | | | | neighbor Before you know it you can become your |
| sold that way. | | | | own expert sewing machine repair person. You might |
| The increase in complexity has caused many users to | | | | even open your own profitable business. |
| shy away from doing their own maintenance. There | | | | How can you discover the secrets of repair? You will |
| is often a fear of breaking them. As a result the | | | | need some basic tools. You will need a good training |
| technician has become a critical resource for every | | | | course. Then you can enjoy years of a great hobby |
| user. | | | | practicing the art and skills of repair. |
| Before calling a professional technician, mistakes can | | | | |