Featherweight Club (Do you have a Featherweight if so post here so you can all chit chat) Everyone is Welcome!
11-22-2011, 04:30 PM
#901
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: SWFL
Posts: 99
11-22-2011, 05:43 PM
#902
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: MO.
Posts: 2,681
DC was the current before AC, now days it runs off solar. I'm building a house and going to use solar and elc. So the house is being wired for both ac and dc. You can run solar with a converter to make AC.
I have a FW named Miss B. cause when i got her she was in a bad state. Missing alot of parts and all that. But she has been rescued and repaired and cleaned up real nice for her age. She is 1951 cent and runs quite and very smooth, beautiful stitch and all. But the motor says ac or dc i know about AC but how does DC work?
11-22-2011, 05:51 PM
#904
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: MO.
Posts: 2,681
They some on ebay, a clear aycrlic and a wooden one, also there is a guy on here who makes wooden ones. I'm going to get one of his when my house and studio are done this spring. I like his much better then the ones on ebay.
11-23-2011, 04:11 AM
#905
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Arley,Alabama
Posts: 1,737
The penguin foot is the original walking foot designed for the Singer Featherweight. They are extremely rare and bring a high price among collectors. I bought one from a Singer dealer's personal singer attachment collection many years ago. It is the only one I have even seen.
11-23-2011, 08:09 AM
#906
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: SWFL
Posts: 99
11-23-2011, 11:42 AM
#907
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Omaha, NE
Posts: 1,618
I think, after a long time, I can join the FW club. I inherited my mother's FW 12 years ago. I finally found the bobbin case after I thought it was lost of all eternity. She needs a new spindle plate and a good cleaning, but otherwise, she is fine. She's a black 221 and I think she's from 1949. Once I get her up and running, I'll use her probably as my primary piecing machine. I will post pictures when I get home. All my machines are named after her sisters. If I can finish my collection of vintage machines, mom and all her sisters will be represented.
11-24-2011, 07:09 AM
#908
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: London, Ontario
Posts: 231
Featherweight table in Arizona....
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/fuo/2717977601.html
Just thought I would toss this in here as it is to far away for me
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/fuo/2717977601.html
Just thought I would toss this in here as it is to far away for me
11-24-2011, 05:48 PM
#909
Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 1
I am new to this site and wanted to say hello. I have a Featherweight 221 and love her. I bought her at at an Antique Mall at the coast about 5 years ago and I did pay $325. It did come with a really nice original case (no keys), the original accessories box with all the accessories. Bobbins and the bobbin case, original manual and a few other little things. She is a FW Centennial and I think in good condition (very shiny and great decals). I had very little cleaning to do and she runs and sews like a dream.
I love reading about all your FW's and just wanted to say hello.
Kelliejo
I love reading about all your FW's and just wanted to say hello.
Kelliejo
Last edited by Kelliejo; 11-24-2011 at 05:51 PM.
11-25-2011, 01:13 PM
#910
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Western Tidewater, VA
Posts: 463
I'm so excited! I'm going to go look at one tomorrow, and likely bring it home. 
It's being sold by a gentleman who is liquidating his grandmother's estate. It's got the case, tray and "extras". When I talked to him, he said it had a lot of extra needles, a sewing gauge, a bobbin (maybe more), a couple of screwdrivers, the lint brush, and more stuff down in the case. Oh, and "some yellow things". :lol Not a clue what they might be, but I'll find out tomorrow!
I asked him if he knew how old it was, and said if he'd done it right, he'd dated it on ISMACS to 1942. It does work, the wiring is sound (he says) but it's been sitting for 25 years or so, and could probably stand a good oiling.
Yippee!
(My husband just rolled his eyes.
)
It's being sold by a gentleman who is liquidating his grandmother's estate. It's got the case, tray and "extras". When I talked to him, he said it had a lot of extra needles, a sewing gauge, a bobbin (maybe more), a couple of screwdrivers, the lint brush, and more stuff down in the case. Oh, and "some yellow things". :lol Not a clue what they might be, but I'll find out tomorrow! I asked him if he knew how old it was, and said if he'd done it right, he'd dated it on ISMACS to 1942. It does work, the wiring is sound (he says) but it's been sitting for 25 years or so, and could probably stand a good oiling.
Yippee!
(My husband just rolled his eyes.
)
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