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General
  • Answerlady Ask Jack links page
  • Ask Jack Youtube playlist
  • Changing a sponge strip
  • Changing the number strip on your knitting machinevideo
  • Changing the sponge bar on a knitting machinevideo
  • Cleaning a dingy needle bed video
  • Deep soaking knitting carriages in Marvel mystery oil video
  • Disassembling the garter carriage for cleaning video
  • Disassembly of a knitting machine (German)
  • DIY waxer for knitting machines video
  • Does my spongebar need changing?video
  • Easier way to replace needlesvideo
  • Fixing a carriage that sticks going in one directionvideo
  • Help with "my machine was working when I put it away" part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4video
  • How to clean your knitting machines
  • How to stop breaking garter carriage needles
  • Lubing the carriage undersidevideo
  • Knitting machine maintenance with Peter Free video
  • Knitting machine repairs UK
  • Machine whitening formula - updated
  • Needles - list of machine needles
  • Preventative cleaning and maintenancevideo
  • Removing the ribber joiner and drop levervideo
  • Repairing broken plastic on a knitting machinevideo
  • Replacing a sponge barvideo
  • Replacing a sponge stripvideo
  • Replacing the sponge barvideo
  • Ribber adjustmentvideo
  • Taking apart the sinker plate and deep cleaning part 1, part 2video
  • TLC for your knitting machinevideo
  • Troubleshooting a clunky ribber carriagevideo
  • Troubleshooting a knitting machine
  • Troubleshooting tips
  • Twelve step program for rehabbing a knitting machine
  • What should I use to clean and lubricate my machine video

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Bond
  • Putting a sponge in the Bond knittervideo
Brother
  • 888 error and how to fix
  • Adjusting a Brother ribber (chunky gauge)PDF
  • Adjusting a Brother ribber (standard gauge)PDF
  • Adjusting magnet sensor boards on KH930/940
  • Attaching the patterning belt
  • Brother 710 refurbishment
  • Changing a G carriage needle and repairing dropped stitchesvideo
  • Changing the timing belt on a Brother knitting machinevideo
  • Cleaning a Brother KX350 start to finish
  • Cleaning and lubricating your Brother card readervideo
  • Dealing with sticking buttons on a Brother 830
  • Deep cleaning a 970 (photos)
  • Disassembling a garter carriage for cleaningvideo
  • Disassembly and cleaning of a Brother machine
  • Dismantling and deep cleaning a Brother carriagevideo
  • DIY sponge strip for KX machines
  • Fascinating inner workings of the Brother punchcard machinevideo
  • Finding the dirty spots to clean in your garter carriagevideo
  • Freeing a stuck Brother knitting machine carriagevideo
  • How to fix a KH930 with no power
  • How to repair a Brother/Knitking floppy disk drive
  • Inside the Brother ribber carriagevideo
  • More about the Brother knit carriage buttonsvideo
  • Refurbishing a brother linker part 1, part 2 video
  • Replacing the belt drive on the FB100 disk drive
  • Replacing the FB100 floppy disk drive beltvideo
  • Replacing the sponge strip on a KX350 (marzipanknits)
  • Replacing the sponge strip on a KX350 (Natalie's knitting)
  • Replacing the stitch dial on a Brother KR850 ribber carriage video
  • Replacing your garter carriage motor
  • Reseating the buttons on a Brother knitting machine carriage video
  • Servicing a Brother KH710 PDF
  • Taking a ribber carriage apartvideo
  • The inner workings of the Brother card reader video
  • Troubleshooting the card readervideo
  • Un-sticking stuck buttons on a Brother knitting machine carriagevideo
  • What to use to lubricate a garter carriage and whyvideo
  • Why do the buttons on Brother knitting machines stickvideo

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Knitmaster/Silver aka Singer/Studio/Empisal/Silver Reed
  • Adjusting a Knitmaster ribber (standard gauge)PDF
  • Changing the end racks on a Studio knitting machinevideo
  • Changing the foot on a Studio 150 knitting machinevideo
  • Cleaning the carriage
  • Disassembling and assembling the Studio 150video
  • Disassembly of a Knitmaster carriage
  • How to clean a Knitmaster carriage (with drums)
  • How to clean the drum units on a Singer 323 knitting machine
  • Knitmaster carriage from the underside
  • Mending a Knitmaster 700
  • Mending an SC3 linker
  • My clean machine
  • Put new sponge in your LK150video
  • Removing and replacing the stitch diak ion an HK100 machinevideo
  • Removing Singer carriage covervideo
  • Replacing the cam lever and tension dial on a Knitmaster 700
  • Replacing the russel lever springsvideo
  • Row counters on Knitmaster machinevideo
  • Servicing the patterning drums on Knitmaster machines
  • Taking apart the sinker plate and cleaning part 1, part 2video
  • Testing a Studio knitting machine for needle selectionvideo
  • Troubleshotting the knit radar charting device on a Knitmaster machinevideo

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Passap
  • Cleaning Passap console keypad contacts
  • E6000 console key repair Free Ravelry download
  • How to adjust a Passap 4 colour changer
  • How to assemble a Passap Duomatic knitting machine stand
  • How to deep clean a Passap Duomatic
  • Passap cleaning part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4video
  • Passap maintenance
  • Restoring Passap strippersvideo
Toyota
  • Adjusting a Toyota 501 ribber PDF
  • Checking under the hood of a Toyota knitting machinevideo

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Repairs
  • Andeeknits (Somerset, UK)
  • Angelika's Yarn Store (MO, US)
  • Bredons (Taunton, UK)
  • CCB Sewing Ltd (Rochester, UK)
  • Cindy's Knitting Room (MN, US)
  • A & R Croucher, tel 01202 745684, annecroucher (at) googlemail (dot) com (Bournemouth, UK)
  • Customknits (MN, US)
  • Daisyknits (MN, US)
  • David Drummond (Edinburgh, UK)
  • Franklins (Colchester, Chelmsford, Salisbury, Dovercourt, Ipswich, UK)
  • Richard Jones, tel: 07818 033563 eves (Midlands, UK)
  • Knit Knack Shop (IN, USA)
  • Knit n Sew World (MN, US)
  • Knitnutz, Tel 434 5313463, knitnutz (at) embarqmail (dot) com (US)
  • Knitting machine repairs (Norwich, UK)
  • Knitting machine repairs (Wales, UK)
  • Marlin Knitting & Sewing, tel 01924 373393, marlinknitsew (at) aol (dot) com (Wakefield, UK)
  • Needletek (WA, US)
  • Newtons Yarn Country (CA, US)
  • Passap Canada
  • R & T Sewing Machines Ltd, tel 01254 52063 (Blackburn, UK)
  • Silver Knitting Machines (Rushden, UK)
  • Steven Schumacher, tel 858 4142291, stevenjschumacher (at) yahoo (dot) com (US)
  • Mr Toft, tel 07929 637868, david (at) muddyzook (dot) co (dot) uk, (Wombourne, UK)

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