Originally Posted by
BETTY62
I have one that looks great, came in the original carrying case with several attachments, the original FW manual and was purchased at a very reasonable price. It's a mid-to-late 40's model and sews like a dream. It now sits in a closet where it has been for several months and is never used. I wanted it so bad until I got it and then I realized I really didn't want the machine, I just got caught up caught up in another person's dream of owning one. I would sell it in a minute if I could do so without hurting my husband's feelings but he was so happy that I was able to find such a nice one after looking for a long time. I guess what I'm trying to say is that "I wish I had looked ahead before I leaped" and given more thought to what I was going to do with it before I bought one.
I'm right there with you! I got excited with what everyone else said, about it being a work horse, etc. and I wanted a portable machine that I could tote around. I bought it in Ontario, Canada, my home country, for $290. Cdn. I had it for about 5 years. I named her, made her a quilted "cozy", bought a walking foot for her, did some paper piecing on her, tried to get excited about using her (she was in absolutely perfect condition), but I was just so spoiled by my Janome 6600 and missed all the bells and whistles. When I fell into about $700. Of fun money, I decided to buy a Janome 3160 WED (new) and absolutely love it. She also weighs about 11 pounds and can do almost everything my 6600 can do.
To make a long story short, after talking to a Canadian sewing machine technician, I brought my featherweight to Florida, our wintr home,so ld it on CL for $350. US, which fellow Cdns. Will know is a good deal.
I really gave it the old college try, but a featherweight just wasn't for me. PS I'm having trouble making corrections on my tablet, so I will correct it here, my new machine is a Janome 3160 QDC