Any reason NOT to buy a Featherweight?
I have a good opportunity to buy a Singer FW . Three choices, actually. The first is $200 and closest to me (an hour away). The second is $250 and farthest from me. The third is $300 and about as far as the second. That's my upper limit for one in great shape with good case and all attachments, which this third one has.
The third one is the the best shape cosmetically and is being sold by a quilter and antiques dealer. She said the only thing that might be a slight issue is the tension, but she didn't want to mess with it. She wants the buyer to. Says it probably just needs a little tweaking. Sometimes my tweaking skills are awesome, sometimes dreadful. Mechanically they're somewhere in between.
I just want to have fun with it. I'm not looking to pay anyone to tweak it. Lord knows I don't NEED a Featherweight, I just want one. I have the money for one, but I guess I'm questioning how much I'd use it or if it truly would be the machine I use when I want to be near my DH and son for TV time, just doing some mindless chain piecing. Would I miss the automatic thread cutter I've become accustomed to?
Decisions, decisions. I'm hoping someone can give me good reasons NOT to take the plunge. My DH doesn't think we have the room. Um, we do. He doesn't understand the fascination with "those old machines" when I already have 3 I'm not using. I tell him it's kind of like those guitars he's not playing.
Each one has its own sound, playability, and beauty. He makes music, I make quilts.
I have my chance tomorrow afternoon to buy it. I'd like to hear the pros and cons from those who have a FW.