Universal De luxe Zig Zag Sewing Machine

7/3/2013

In what I am sure to be my least interesting post ever, I just picked up a new sewing machine that I am actually pretty excited to get into service. It's a Universal De Luxe Zig Zag MZB.

I'm mostly firing on a Consew 226, but I need a smaller workhorse to handle all the little bits and whatnot better than my other one, which is missing pieces and the Singer CE-200 which I only want to use for embroidery. I hope this will do it well.

I love the details on this machine, the fact that it'll share parts with my other domestic machines and that I got to save it from the metal recycling bin.
These are photos as it arrived in my garage, but I'll post more when it is cleaned up and tuned .

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I scanned the manual last night. I'd rather not tear the already flimsy paper version and I can read it on my computer now!

10 Comments

Shelby

9/19/2013 10:06:29 pm

Thank you so much for the manual, my grandmother just gave me hers still in the cabinet. Its in perfect condition but I had no clue how to thread it. Thanks to you, now I do! Thank you!!!

Amy Saidla

10/5/2013 11:05:15 am

I just came across the same sewing machine that I received when my Great Grandmother died. Can you tell me what year this machine is from?

Jay Jay

11/4/2014 02:00:49 am

Thank you very much . this is the first time I ever touched a machine

angela allen

12/29/2015 02:09:38 pm

i need to know how the top tensioner goes together

Linda

1/25/2018 01:03:52 pm

Thanks, I have a different Universal Model then the MZB, it is a Sax-2. I have been looking for 2 days to find a printable manual or something to show me what and how to use the different knobs. This helps alot.

Danielle Ryan

5/31/2018 04:34:44 am

Thank you for the manual

regina rocket

11/30/2018 04:32:49 pm

I have the same machine--recently acquired. Finally have a machine that can sew garment weight leather.

Can anyone give me info about the lightbulb needed? Mine is missing

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2/11/2021 11:17:31 pm

I was amazed after reading your post. I know you're really good at describing it. And I do hope that after reading your post, other readers will also experience how I feel.

shawn gay

3/1/2023 02:23:07 pm

Can you send me a printable copy of the manual for this machine? Do you know how the tension goes together?

Jason

3/1/2023 02:33:32 pm

I posted what I have. I don't have this machine anymore, but I think most tensioners are assembled the same way.

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