Old 12-24-2009, 06:29 AM
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cabbagepatchkid
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Originally Posted by yankeerose
I bought one on ebay too. The guy that sold it to me evidently knew nothing about packing it. he put the foot pedal loose in the feather wt. box, which banged around in shipping and broke the light bulb and put a few scratches on the machine. He also advertised it as running and the stitching was messed up so the small wire piece at the tension was not working. Don't know if it broke during the shake up shipping.
That is so sad. How is it now? I had read in several places that it's really important for the Featherweights to be packed properly for shipment or they will get broken :-(

Here is a good site showing how this woman packs her machines for shipping:
http://www.cathylynnforcino.com/feat...htpacking.html Looking at her sewing machines makes me drool, a little...LOL! :lol:
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