Bernina 730 Record Service Manual
Thora Buckner
I have just bought a nearly new but quite old Bernina Record sewing machine, but the clutch release wheel that you release to load the bobbin will not release, will it be ok to use a pair of grips to release it, or is the some other way to release it?
I see it has been almost 7 yrs. since you posted this inquiry, but I have an answer for you. I joined a group called .... BTS@ groups.io ... and found all of the service manuals and user manuals as a free pdf. download. The BTS stands for Bernina Thirtysomething. I tried to send it as a link but it did not work. I sure hope this helps.
It is a shame that service information is NOT included with every machine. That is why our landfills are full of good repairable items that get thrown out because that information is often withheld. (It used to be included. I have lots of old electro-mechanical items that have complete parts lists, schematics for the electronics and adjustment procedures included with the operators manual.)
I fully understand the need for CBT's as many people have no interest, or lack the skills to fix their own equipment, but please give us the choice to decide if we are capable of doing a simple repair, or if we rather let the shop do it. But nontheless the supporting documents should be available to all owners.
Those of us who repair things for a living might disagree. I spend more time "putting things right" when people tinker (and none of these silly people have read the instruction manual - would they have read a complex repair manual?) than if there is a simple fault which I can adjust or mend. And how many times have you read "it must be the timing" on a group when it's the absolute last thing to check and the absolute last thing to alter, after needles, bad bobbins, poor thread, all these. So, I think this information should be available, but not perhaps included with the machine. (Also, every second machine I get in has the wrong manual "Did you not notice that the manual had a shuttle machine while yours has round bobbins?" I enquire gently?)
You may find that all it needs is a bit of oiling... For basic old
Bernina oiling, take off the free-arm cover and the top, and oil all the
red painted dots. Clean out any lint and fluff that has fossilized
rounf the feed dogs. While you have the top off, take a look and see
what you see happening as you waggle the stitch length lever up and
down... If any grease on the mechanism has gone dark and waxy, pick it
off with something like a plastic toothpick and replace it with sewing
machine grease or Vaseline.Meanwhile you might also like to join the Yahoo group wefixit, dedicated
to getting old sewingmachines back into working order. If someone
knows of a copy of the workshop repair manual, they'll let you know.
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> Hello everyone, My very first post... I have a Bernina 830 (1970's -
> ish) that I literally found in the street. Aside from a few cosmetic
> problems, it works very well. Only issue is that the lever to adjust the
> stitch length doesn't want to lock in the shortest setting. Um, if you
> know what I mean.. So, I can't get the decorative stitches to look very
> nice. As far as I can tell, this model has no adjustment for the stitches
> beyond width and length.
>
> Does anyone know if there is anyplace I can buy or download a Bernina 830
> Service manual? I have a printout of the users' manual, but that doesn't
> help much...
>
> There is a Bernina Dealer/service center 'nearby', about 10 miles away,
> but I don't currently have a car. I am also a little nervous about getting
> it serviced. ('It can't be fixed... They don't make the parts... How about
> this $7,000.00 combination sewing machine / serger / coffee maker / alarm
> clock / rotisserie? )
>
> So, I'd be grateful for any advice. :)
Ron, thanks also. I can adjust the stitch length by turing the knob, but
only up to a certain point. The lever just won't move up to the
recommended setting for the decorative stitches.MarcKate XXXXXX wrote:
> You may find that all it needs is a bit of oiling... For basic old
> Bernina oiling, take off the free-arm cover and the top, and oil all
> the
> red painted dots. Clean out any lint and fluff that has fossilized
> rounf the feed dogs. While you have the top off, take a look and see
> what you see happening as you waggle the stitch length lever up and
> down... If any grease on the mechanism has gone dark and waxy, pick it
> Meanwhile you might also like to join the Yahoo group wefixit,
> dedicated
> to getting old sewingmachines back into working order. If someone
> knows of a copy of the workshop repair manual, they'll let you know.
My 530 has another lever on the right end of the machine. If that lever
is up, the stitch length lever behaves like yours. If it is down the
stitch length lever can move through its full range. I don't have an
830, but I think it may work like this too.--Betsy
Try putting it in place where you want it then tighten the knob
Is a very simple system. just moves a slide block inside not much at all
that can go wring with it. You might pop the top and look in there to be
sure nothing foreign is jammed in it. You would be surprised at what I see
inside machines. Children and mice seem to love storing things in sewing
machines.
Found nearly 5 pounds of raisins in one old singer for a customer. She could
not imagine where they went and suddenly her machine just would not move. We
both got a chuckle on that one.