True to my word, today and tomorrow’s segment will be on how I removed the needle bar from Ms. Rusty. Notice I did NOT say this is a tutorial on the correct way to remove the needle bar. The reason is because I don’t recommend doing things the way I did, but it seemed to work for Ms. Rusty.
The first step was to removed the needle clamp thumb screw & position screw, which allowed for the removal of the clamp and removed thread guard from the bottom of the needle bar. Those are all the parts at the bottom of the bar on the right hand side.
My next step was to remove the screw holding the needle bar in place. The only way to access it is through a hole on the back side of the arm. In the photo below I tried (although perhaps failed) to show where this hole is by poking a pink pen through it.
At this point I needed to move the needle bar to the down position. Surprisingly, since the presser bar was removed the needle bar moved quite freely.
