Old 05-02-2013, 05:55 PM
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Rose_P
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Default Featherweight just turned up on Houston CL

http://houston.craigslist.org/atq/3781147442.html

Not too sure about that price. The machine has some appearance issues, and I found it interesting that someone has apparently stripped the black cover off the carrying case. On the outside at least, it looks like an improvement I'm tempted to make to my own. I think I remember reading somewhere that they were made of oak, but maybe that was only the early ones. It's odd that oak was so abundant (and dovetailing so commonplace) in those days that the Singer people thought it was a good idea to hide it under that black stuff. Also, I believe that it was the hide glue used on that black cover that is the main cause of the icky smell common in these boxes.

I'm not looking for another one, so thought I'd mention it in case anyone in the area might want to know. I don't know the seller.
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