Originally Posted by ForestHobbit
Have found a nice little machine with a problem. Not ready to purchase anything yet but would ask your opinion on how serious the problem may be. This is what the ad said.
1949 Singer 221-1 Featherweight Sewing Machine w/ Case and Extras (see photos for all contents of auction). The machine's serial number is AJ219678. This item appeared to be in fine working order when we first got it in a month back but now the needle is not moving with the foot pedal. The light turns on. When the pedal is pressed, the machine sounds like it is trying to work but the needle does not move.
Does this sound like a probably easy to fix problem or a pain in the kudzu that will cause hate and consternation.
Sounds like something is either frozen up or jammed.
Could be a mechanical problem, or it could be something as simple as the clutch being turned so that the needle doesn't move.... the one I learned to sew on would sit there and hum until you turned the wheel while pushing on the foot feed to start it. Then it ran fine.