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    Old 10-28-2010, 07:49 PM
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    Originally Posted by purplefiend
    Nancy,
    I'm so happy for you!! The least I've ever paid for a working Featherweight is $175, it just needed a good cleaning and oiling.
    Thank you!

    Well I never dreamed I'd get a FW for $75 (before buying the new cord)! Not in a million years!

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    Old 10-28-2010, 07:52 PM
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    Originally Posted by Lostn51
    He declined my offer but I am going to look at one in my area that is on CL for $75 with a treadle and all.

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    Geeze Billy I hope you get this one! We are all dying to know what it was used for!

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    Old 10-28-2010, 09:52 PM
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    Originally Posted by cherrybsixty
    You can't leave you guys in the shop too long, not even a day. You guys come up with the most interesting things to show off. Bo, that is a pretty FW. I haven't see Mz Johnny for a couple days around here. Is she diggin around in her orphan stock and looking for something else to work off of? Purple, are you going to show pics of the Cenntenial FW? Now, all you guys hang tight in the shop and keep your eyes out for Mz Johnny. Have fun.
    I don't have a picture of it yet.lol
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    Old 10-29-2010, 07:32 AM
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    Originally Posted by BoJangles
    Originally Posted by Lostn51
    He declined my offer but I am going to look at one in my area that is on CL for $75 with a treadle and all.

    Billy
    Geeze Billy I hope you get this one! We are all dying to know what it was used for!

    Nancy
    It was an industrial machine mainly used in clothing manufacture and was reported to sew over 4000 stitches a minute! It was mostly used in seam powered factories where you had a central power source and they had belt going from the central shaft to the machines.

    Here is an example of what the factory may have looked like....

    Billy

    Under the table central power (later design)
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    Overhead power
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    Old 10-29-2010, 07:38 AM
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    Look at all those machines! The long continuous treadle tables are very interesting.

    Thanks!
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    Old 10-29-2010, 08:02 AM
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    Originally Posted by BoJangles
    Originally Posted by purplefiend

    That's a very pretty Featherweight! I have 3, a Centennial model,1957 and a tan.
    Thank you! What does the Centennial model look like?

    Nancy
    Here are all of my Featherweights.

    size comparision, featherweight on the left; 201 on the right.
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    Finally got a decent enough pic (BLANK YOU VISTA!)
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    centennial
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    3 Featherweights
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    Old 10-29-2010, 08:16 AM
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    Very nice FWs; I like the white one. How much did that cost ya? understand they go for a lot more.
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    Old 10-29-2010, 08:26 AM
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    Originally Posted by vintagemotif
    Very nice FWs; I like the white one. How much did that cost ya? understand they go for a lot more.
    Thats a Tan one there and it will break the bank if you had to buy one now. They go for upwards around a grand or so depending on the condition.

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    Old 10-29-2010, 08:30 AM
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    Originally Posted by Lostn51
    Originally Posted by vintagemotif
    Very nice FWs; I like the white one. How much did that cost ya? understand they go for a lot more.
    Thats a Tan one there and it will break the bank if you had to buy one now. They go for upwards around a grand or so depending on the condition.

    Billy
    What!? wow. All that FW repairs and refurbishing that you do should keep food on your table for a long time. Amazing. :)
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    Old 10-29-2010, 08:33 AM
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    Originally Posted by vintagemotif
    Very nice FWs; I like the white one. How much did that cost ya? understand they go for a lot more.
    That's a tan FW, it was $650 in 2006.
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