featherweight # 2
#42
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Originally Posted by redturtle
umm...i am probably gonna take some classes and my machine is too heavy to carry around....sooo...is this a good "deal"...TIA
http://cgi.ebay.com/Singer-Featherwe...item3cb5b99d3f
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Singer-Featherwe...item3cb5b99d3f
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just aren't up to snuff, they're loud and not well made.
You need to find an original Featherweight, they are all metal and will stand the test of time. :thumbup:
#43
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: montana
Posts: 620
Originally Posted by greenini
She looks lovely, but I betcha she won't go off for the $100 she's at now! Are you gonna bid? I've got one already and I'm just beginning to play with the accessories. I made a buttonhole using the buttonholer and figured out how to get the original penguin walking foot on. They are just such fun :lol:
I used to follow them more and have seen them go off for around $200, $250 in really good shape with cases. Not sure now, but I would check completed sales and see what's going on.
I used to follow them more and have seen them go off for around $200, $250 in really good shape with cases. Not sure now, but I would check completed sales and see what's going on.
came with the machine ? do you know how rare & expensive that foot is ? Good for you !!!! I just hope to
see one in the real sometime.
#44
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Originally Posted by amyjo
does anyone know if a Singer Model 15-91 is a fw?
My Featherweight can be seen here:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...45965719BEikkV
#45
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Location: montana
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Originally Posted by redturtle
ok so scratch the first one...i did see a 301...but i think i like the looks of the 221 sooo much better...kinda classy...i luv it in black but does this white one sound ok? TIA
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...13#description
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...13#description
greatness of Singer machines. the 301's also come in black. & sell for about half of a 221 on eBay. I love my 301ls.
the white, true Singer Featherweight does have some design differences from the black ones. It was made 1960+
not made with the same care & weight metal as the black ones. It is hard-wired, so has to be unplugged each time.
it is noisier, has a shorter extension bed. no decals, etc. the bring good money because people thin they are in shorter supply. but, for my money, I would wait for a black one, preferable one before 1951.
and be very, very careful when buying on ebay. ask lots
of questions, especially about shipping. there is a tutorial
on packing a sewing machine on the internet. I hope you find one, they are such nice little machines. I sell them all
reconditioned, ready to sew. but the cosmetically challenged go for $275. our good one are $400. but the guts inside even a "not-so-pretty" one are the same. so keep an
eye out for one that is not so pretty but runs like a deer.
Good Luck ! and sometimes it is just that.
#47
Originally Posted by redturtle
ok heres a third auction...TIA
can you tell im excited...lol
i cant see any reason noone has bid on it yet...what do you see?
also...is it still considered a featherweight if it weighs 19# in the case...because if thats the case then might just as well haul my machine around with me to a class or two...it weighs 21# lol
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
can you tell im excited...lol
i cant see any reason noone has bid on it yet...what do you see?
also...is it still considered a featherweight if it weighs 19# in the case...because if thats the case then might just as well haul my machine around with me to a class or two...it weighs 21# lol
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
#48
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Location: Round Rock,Texas
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Originally Posted by quilter41
Great advice from Redturtle. I never bid until the last 2 minutes. I got my white one for right around $300, but they damaged the case in shipping and there is nothing that can salvage it.
Sharon W.
#49
Smitty,
No, my penguin walking foot didn't come with mine, but funny story. I bought it on a trip about 2 or 3 years ago and it got lost in the storage area of our VW camper van. DH brought it in last year and I went "oh"...I had forgotten I had found it. I have now seen them priced at $650 (prior high was $500)...I told him about it so he would know and he said sell it, I said what are you crazy, I'll never be able to replace it :-) . I don't know what I paid for it but I bet it was around $20 or so, altho I did know how expensive they were when I bought.
I took pictures and will upload them as soon as the board seems to have settled down.
No, my penguin walking foot didn't come with mine, but funny story. I bought it on a trip about 2 or 3 years ago and it got lost in the storage area of our VW camper van. DH brought it in last year and I went "oh"...I had forgotten I had found it. I have now seen them priced at $650 (prior high was $500)...I told him about it so he would know and he said sell it, I said what are you crazy, I'll never be able to replace it :-) . I don't know what I paid for it but I bet it was around $20 or so, altho I did know how expensive they were when I bought.
I took pictures and will upload them as soon as the board seems to have settled down.
#50
Originally Posted by redturtle
ok so scratch the first one...i did see a 301...but i think i like the looks of the 221 sooo much better...kinda classy...i luv it in black but does this white one sound ok? TIA
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...13#description
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...13#description
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