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04-21-2014, 08:54 AM

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oldsewnsew

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yes on that for sure! It was in great cond and pretty fulll

04-21-2014, 09:48 AM

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ALPHASEW Featherweight

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/app/4432148189.html I didn't know they had FW clones. This is the first one I have seen..I am so tempted to call them!

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04-21-2014, 10:32 AM

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I would strongly recommend doing your research before buying one of those.

04-21-2014, 11:13 AM

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Tink's Mom

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I think that the price is way to high for a reproduction. This is NOT a Singer Featherweight...this machine is probably only 10 years old.

04-21-2014, 12:27 PM

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Pretty cool. That's the first featherweight clone I've seen too. Anyone know the story behind them?
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04-21-2014, 12:33 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Cecilia S.

GRAMMAR POLICE! GRAMMAR POLICE! The ad also says, "...needs cleaned up."

Oh, great gobs.

Can someone else provide a big long grammar rant here so I don't have to? What happened to the "to be" in that phrase? I seem to see this more and more. "My lightbulb needs replaced..." or "The cord needs fixed."

Help the world. Where is Captain Grammar?!??!?!?!?

Done now.

I do that. I tend to write and speak in "shorthand" sometimes. I can put up with poor grammar but bad spelling drives me nuts, especially when spell check is available. I think we all get something wrong from time to time. I know I do.
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04-21-2014, 12:34 PM

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alpha sew clone parts have been a source for (inferior usually) FW bobbincases etc.I encointered one 1st time around '91..

04-21-2014, 12:36 PM

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my bad spelling comes from a stupid android phone that hides the area where ypu type, 1/2 the time you can't put the cursor where you need to in order to fix em.

04-21-2014, 12:56 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ArchaicArcane

Not a giggle more a "Darn... poor timing, I'd really like it"
www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=585361280

Here's the items in question.
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Both are very cool and I don't think there are too many surviving examples.
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