Originally Posted by
Mrs. SewNSew
What I am looking for are photos showing the different covers of the original manuals as they came out in different years. One was the standard green verticle rectangular Singer book style, another was black and horizontal, another had the red and green with triangular design..
By now, you have probably found what you are looking for at Graham Forsdyke's site. If you are still getting an error message, this is what I see
http://www.singer-featherweight.com/...s/history.html Using the links at the bottom of the pg., I did see the charts and different manuals that were produced for the featherweight. Using the "Identify Your Manual" link, I learned that I have what looks like that rarely found manual shown as printed in 1954, but mine says copywrite, USA, 1955. When I bought this FW at a thrift store in Seattle, I took it to a shop in Lynnwood and asked that it be serviced and the missing numbered face on the tension be replaced. When I picked it up, the shop owner said the woman who serviced it was very knowledgeable on featherweights, and said this machine was much older than I thought, and it never came with numbers on the face of the tension dial. I had used an online chart to date it by the serial number. Do you also have Nancy Johnson Srebro's book on "The Perfect Portable"?