My new Featherweight!
04-16-2011, 05:25 AM
#27
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Pittsburg, Kansas
Posts: 1,691
You will love her; I do mine! Just a word of advice that might save you big money. I learned this the hard way.
Always check the bobbin that there isn't lint or a piece of thread in it. They can be MICROSCOPIC and shut you down. No I am not kidding.
The bobbin mechanism is intricate. This is what my tech guy taught me to do to keep from having problems.
1. Check once in awhile when sewing that there isn't thread or lint in there.
2. Blow canned air in it to remove any lint, ect, that you can't see.
3. Everytime when you finish sewing, check the bobbin area again; blow canned air in it-again.
4. Look at the bobbin area for little grooves; put a drop of oil on them about every time after you have sewn. This helps keep it running.
5. Oil your machine after every major sewing job. "She" likes to be lubricated!
The reason I know about this is because I have made several trips to my tech guy who is 25 mi. away, because I first didn't know what happened. Then, I didn't know how to deal with it.
Also, after it has aged some, if you have repeated problems with the thread, lint, ect, there is a part that probably needs replacing. Mine did after about 5 yrs. He only charged me $20.00, as he had had it for awhile. The part can run $100.00.
Also, try to use reasonably new thread. I didn't know it, but thread gives off lint. I watched sewing one day, and that is very true. Old thread can put you out of business with the lint!
I have the address of an online store which sells supplies for featherweights. If you ever want it, pm me.
Mine was made in 1942, but hadn't been used much when I got it 7 yrs. ago.
Mariah.
Always check the bobbin that there isn't lint or a piece of thread in it. They can be MICROSCOPIC and shut you down. No I am not kidding.
The bobbin mechanism is intricate. This is what my tech guy taught me to do to keep from having problems.
1. Check once in awhile when sewing that there isn't thread or lint in there.
2. Blow canned air in it to remove any lint, ect, that you can't see.
3. Everytime when you finish sewing, check the bobbin area again; blow canned air in it-again.
4. Look at the bobbin area for little grooves; put a drop of oil on them about every time after you have sewn. This helps keep it running.
5. Oil your machine after every major sewing job. "She" likes to be lubricated!
The reason I know about this is because I have made several trips to my tech guy who is 25 mi. away, because I first didn't know what happened. Then, I didn't know how to deal with it.
Also, after it has aged some, if you have repeated problems with the thread, lint, ect, there is a part that probably needs replacing. Mine did after about 5 yrs. He only charged me $20.00, as he had had it for awhile. The part can run $100.00.
Also, try to use reasonably new thread. I didn't know it, but thread gives off lint. I watched sewing one day, and that is very true. Old thread can put you out of business with the lint!
I have the address of an online store which sells supplies for featherweights. If you ever want it, pm me.
Mine was made in 1942, but hadn't been used much when I got it 7 yrs. ago.
Mariah.
04-16-2011, 05:54 AM
#29
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Arizona
Posts: 651
I got my FW "Sadie" for Christmas. She was born in 1938 and just sews like a dream. I named her after an elderly lady I met when I was doing summer service teaching vacation bible school in small towns one summer. We got to stay in her big old house. She was just a hoot. That was almost 40 years ago, but I will never forget her.
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