Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Choosing The Right Sewing Machine Repair Course

By David Trumble

Think of 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 comfort 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?

To repair sewing machines, you need comprehensive details that you can easily understand, apply, and depend on. You really want the best course possible.

Good mechanical skills will help you master the special techniques required for sewing machine repair. When you have the right instruction, you will be able to make repairs quickly.

If you are timid, rest assured a good repair course will give you the knowledge and confidence to pursue sewing machine repair very quickly.

Just what do you look for in a sewing machine repair book?

First, the course must be presented in a format that is easily accessed. If you have to travel a thousand miles and spend thousands of dollars for a few days of training, the course may not be right for you. Some of the best courses are available over the internet and provide quick easy access. Others come in book form. Today, the online content is usually much less expensive than book form due to the extreme costs of printing.

Next, the course should include information on a wide range of machine brands and models. It should teach what machine have in common plus the specialized information for major models.

Three, repair book content should be complete. Basic and advanced topics should be treated explaining things like: threads and threading, needles, tensions, and bobbins. The course should reveal the basic principles.

Four, Proper disassembly techniques need to be dealt with. Proper cleaning and lubricating should also be covered.

Make sure the course is thorough. The course should explain 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.

Six, do not overlook instruction on repairs of motors, lights, controls, and wiring.

Seventh, it should share 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 book 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.

A good sewing machine repair manual will enable you to serve the millions of sewers whose machines require service and repair annually. It is quite common to start a sewing machine repair business from the convenience of your own garage and earn a good part time or full time income. If you could service one machine every three hours, and earned an average of $90 for each machine; how much could you earn in your own business?

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