Knitting machine update: so we have been testing the thing and whilst it was working there was something not quite right. Looked like the wool tension was all wrong and we spent a good few hours trying to figure what was going on. Anyway, we were going to give up and put it away for a while before trying again.
Anyway, had a video appear on YouTube about using an old knitting machine. One of the things to check was the "sponge bar". I had the thing apart and never found a sponge bar. Anyway, you poke a screwdriver in this hole and there is a bar with foam on it. Well there was in the video.
When I found the one on our machine there was no foam. Zero. Nada, nothing. It had all decayed and just left the sticky backing! Ebay to the rescue where they cost €5. The foam applies tension to the 100 needles (which are going to get a thorough clean whilst we wait for the foam to arrive).
Anyway, had a video appear on YouTube about using an old knitting machine. One of the things to check was the "sponge bar". I had the thing apart and never found a sponge bar. Anyway, you poke a screwdriver in this hole and there is a bar with foam on it. Well there was in the video.
When I found the one on our machine there was no foam. Zero. Nada, nothing. It had all decayed and just left the sticky backing! Ebay to the rescue where they cost €5. The foam applies tension to the 100 needles (which are going to get a thorough clean whilst we wait for the foam to arrive).
