Originally Posted by
Mickey2
.....It looks so nice, and I don't understand why it didn't become as popular and enduring as the black Singer model. ..... Has anyone seen it in real life? If it's cast iron it would be on the heavy side, but if it's aluminium it probably a light weight.
It is light, but it is in NO WAY connected to the Featherweight. (LOT's of folks think it is, but it is not) The mechanism is totally different. This is an OK machine, but not typically a "goto" machine for regular sewing.
It seemed to me quality wise to be about 1/2 way between a toy machine and a singer....
EDIT: It also hold my record for the DUMBEST place to put a stitch length adjuster.... Yes, in front of the needle and in the fabric path so that the fabric can adjust it up "for you" as you sew!