Originally Posted by
isewman
To make a story short. My nephew was out junking. He came a cross a light weight singer sewing machine. Some one was throwing out. The copyright book has dates from 1915-1933. I'm curious if some can give a date it was made. Singer--AD940584
Lucky you. Your nephew did good. That is indeed a 1935 Featherweight 221-1 machine. It is one of the earliest Featherweights as indicated by the bobbin tension being the chrome "school bell" bobbin tension and "split base." A couple of links that talk about these early machines are
http://thefeatherweight221factory.com/page20.php and
http://thefeatherweight221factory.com/page27.php
There is a lot of information here on Quilting Board and on the net about cleaning and restoring this great little machine.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.