elna supermatic sewing machine wiring diagram

Here we see the “inside” of the early-type flywheel with the flywheel screw unscrewed as far as it unscrews. Why they did it like that is a moot point, but whatever. The flywheel screw only applies pressure to the pointed pin and locks it all in place. But on the early machines, it’s the flywheel pointed pin (the short bit) which engages in the slot. On the later Grasshoppers, the point on the end of the one-piece screw locates in the groove cut in the shaft and thereby locks flywheel to it. When you unscrew the flywheel screw, it comes out just like you’d expect, but the pointed pin doesn’t, and it’s that which will probably prevent you from being able to slide the flywheel off the shaft. If you keep unscrewing that screw and take it out, you will find that it looks like the top one in this picture …Īlso shown in that shot is the two-part affair used on machines up to serial number 45654, and that consists of a “flywheel screw” (the long bit) and a “flywheeel pointed pin”.

If your machine’s serial number is 45655 or higher, the flywheel comes off as you would expect – you just unscrew the screw which obviously locks it to the shaft, and pull the flywheel off. If you ever need to take the flywheel off a Grasshopper, you might like to know that, at least where the early machines are concerned, there’s a little more to it than meets the eye.

We think that this is maybe for people who don’t have legs or feet.” You have to stick a long chrome-colored l-shaped device into a slot on the front of the machine and then move the rod in order to activate the machine. “This particular sewing machine has a very strange device for making the machine work. “Condition” is the familiar “Sewing machine plugs in, light comes on and wheel turns”, which on Ebay at least often indicates a non-runner in much the same way as “needs plug” or “we don’t have the foot pedal” does.īut it’s the “Notes” which I’m in awe of … “Color” is listed as “Sewing machine is mint green in color”, which is fine, but we get a feel for where this ad is headed when “Pattern” is described as “Sewing machine is mainly solid in pattern”. It’s actually a Supermatic, and of course it’s not in its original box, it’s in its case.

It’s for an “Elna Brand Sewing Machine in Original Box” and it’s in Indianapolis. I often think it’s a real shame that we don’t have Goodwill, or indeed Craigslist, in the UK – particularly when I see adverts like this one. Elizabeth emailed me this morning and very kindly drew my attention to a wonderful ad posted by a Goodwill shop.

Elna supermatic sewing machine wiring diagram