Originally Posted by
rees.lindal
My four machines don’t have felt in their drip trays and I didn’t know they were supposed to! I just mop any excess oil up out of the tray. Doesn’t the felt get saturated with oil? Should I get some?
The opening poster is referring to Singer 221 aka Featherweight which has a 'sealed' bottom (bed cover plate) that has a felt liner. IIRC the Featherweight is the only machine that came with a felt liner.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.