Thrift Shop Find! Singer 500a Rocketeer Clean and Oil Instructions

artistrybycorissa.com found a $50 Singer 500a Rocketeer at a local thrift shop.
Here's an instructional video on how we clean the vintage machines in our collection.
Stay tuned as we feature some of the other many vintage machines in our collection.
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[@laurindaross]

Thank you for this! I’ve been sewing on one of these my entire life. Bought a second one at an estate sale just in case something happens to my original.

[@mrsberdan]

Thank you! I just bought one and may try to do this myself!

[@shelleywolf4802]

Your hand is in the way, to see exactly where you are oiling by bobbin

[@thelinnjo]

I need a new plug and fit pedal. Can you show that to me?

[@shelleywolf4802]

I recently purchased a 500a , it was working fine , but after I threaded a bobbin I couldn’t get the wheel to engage . The needle is not moving .I tried holding the
Wheel and moving the clutch back. It did not work . Any ideas.? Thanks

[@rhondamercado7527]

I found another one of these at an estate sale this weekend. And just like the last few slants that I bought it’s the zigzag feature as far as getting the stitches to go as far right as possible not so much just the zigzag, but even the special stitches, I can’t get the stitch to go far right even at 5. Any idea what to look for?