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10-26-2011, 07:42 PM
#771
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: SC
Posts: 2,027
Just saw the picture of the FW and table. Awesome deal!
Originally Posted by aorlflood
I got mine about 6 weeks ago at an estate auction while on vacation in Maine. They sold the machine and the FW table in the same lot and I got BOTH for $110. :)
11-01-2011, 02:05 PM
#772
Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 3
I'm a newbie here! I have a FW that I bought off Ebay a number of years ago. I am having trouble with the thread breaking. I guess maybe I need to take her to a shop. If anyone has any idea of my problem, I would love to hear it. Thanks!
11-01-2011, 02:14 PM
#774
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Bucks co PA
Posts: 1,269
51
I was lucky. On E-bay I was the only one to bid on a 221 about a year ago. Got her for $200. She's in very good condition and sews like a dream. I took a class on how to maintain her to keep her purring which is quite simple.
I'm looking for a centennial since my birthyear is 1951, yes, I'm going to be 60 in a few weeks, ouch. Would also love to have a 222 but so far they're out of my price range.
I'm looking for a centennial since my birthyear is 1951, yes, I'm going to be 60 in a few weeks, ouch. Would also love to have a 222 but so far they're out of my price range.
11-01-2011, 02:32 PM
#775
Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: WV (summer) Fl. (winter)
Posts: 39
I first started my love affair at the NQA show in Charleston, West Virginia, in 1994. Got a 58 FW in a case for $415.00 and my friend got one also for $425 her's was older. Then I started "little black machines that weighted about 10 lbs." Had to go back the next day for it ($250. we were camping at the time) Next one was at a yard sale for $25.00 in WV. My 4th one was in Malbar, Fl. Did the same thing, asked if they had a small black machine that weighted about 10lbs. Got it for $200. Told my son what to look for and all about them and in the summer when he rode his motorcycle to a big flea market in the southern part of Fl. He found me another one for $175.00. Now I have my daughter wanting one and so we are on the hunt once again. Good luck to you and just keep looking and asking and I am sure you will find one too. Leepat
11-01-2011, 07:03 PM
#777
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,005
My Featherweight is in the mail right now. I won her on EBay for 199.00. I'm not sure of her condition, the photo looked ok. I think I can get it serviced locally if need be. Thinking about a 222 now. Whats the difference. Also what is a 301?
11-02-2011, 03:36 AM
#778
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SE Alabama
Posts: 821
Can I join too. I bought "Erma Lee" in August off E-Bay..I named her Erma Lee after my mother...There is 10 of us in my family and of course mother shopped at the Goodwill..Everytime she saw a sewing machine, if she had extra money she would buy it...us older girls laugh about it all the time. So thats why her name is Erma Lee...Here's a little secret, my older sister Lee, is just like mama. she's always looking and buy machines. too LOL
11-02-2011, 03:42 AM
#779
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SE Alabama
Posts: 821
Forgot to say that Erma Lee was born in 1941 and that she is a 221, also got a case and attachments with her. Will try to post a picture of her, when I figure out to post a picture, with this new thread..
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