Restoring Singer Featherweight!! Need help, please!

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04-13-2013, 09:11 PM

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QuilterMomOf3

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Originally Posted by Caroline S

Overall it is still a good price to pay to make your Featherweight a usable sewing machine again considering the prices that complete machines are going for.

My dad bought this one, (unknowingly without those parts) for $75!!

He still lucked out I think!

04-15-2013, 10:59 PM

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cricket_iscute

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I agree with what most have written here, especially Cathy. But I suspect the parts were taken to be sold. For instance, quilters are a trustworthy bunch, in general, but many are warned to take the bobbin case of a Featherweight when going to lunch at a retreat or class or it will vanish.

If you have trouble with the machine after getting the machine cleaned, tri-flowed, and the parts installed, then I think it is the new bobbins. Singer 221s can be quite fussy about their bobbins. You might need originals.