That includes the box.

My boxes are all original boxes, and they don't weigh 16 pounds...

Not sure why your Featherweight would weigh 25 pounds. Mine are all between 9 and 10 pounds. I just weighed them.

I bought a cute white featherweight on E-bay for my 9 year old daughter and she loves it. Of course I think I'll be taking it to quilting classes for me also :). My mother sewed on a black featherweight - I don't know if it was a centennial or not, but I remember playing with it when she left it out on the dining room table and I made the bobbin area look like a birdsnest! I still have a touch of Bobbin phobia to this day....

Your dear friend looks to be about the same age as mine.....1938 edition.....and my birth year. I adore mine and am eternally grateful that she came into my life. I've never given her a name.....guess I should, huh?

Yes, take the class! When I purchased mine for my BD about 5 years ago in a local fabric store, there was a sign on the wall about a maintenance class and the clerk and some customers recommended I sign up for it. It turned out to be put on by Dave McCallum who it the author of "The Featherweight and I". This is one of the best books on this machine and we in this area of WA feel very lucky to have him here and teaching about the 221. I would recommend taking the class and then buying his book. It's very good to have to help you after the class.

Try the light bulb-in-the-box method. Dave McCallum writes about it in his book and I used that. Worked wonders. I also now put soap packets in it plus the silicone packets from shoes, purses, etc. The small hasn't returned. I also changed the oil pad and that helped also. I made a pattern from the pad and buy the stiff felt at craft stores and make my own.

Really nice. Wish that class was available here.

I too would take the class, I have one, had never had one before and I know next to or nothing at all about the maintence of my machine. So yes by all means. Wonderful class, I would take one in a heartbeat.

Dave M. does do limited travel and teaching classes. They are TERRIFIC. However, he has lots of very important and helpful information on his DVD's. I would HIGHly recommend the DVD's. They can be ordered on his website http://www.featherweight221.com. I have never seen such detail and complete information. Well worth the cost.

I own a FW 221. She goes with me to quilting classes because she doesn't weigh much and she sews so beautifully. I paid 000.00 for her. My brother had moved into a apt where the previous tenants used her as a door stop and forgot about her. She was in a bad way when he gave her to me. But I cleaned her up and had her tuned up. And I almost lost her. I took her to my local repairman who obviously fell in love with her, he told he was just junk, needed parts that I would never be able to find. With tears in my eyes, I said I would take her home and use her as a door stop. But then a friend told me that thru our local Joanne's I could probably get her tuned up for 20.00. She has been appraised at 350.00. I'm glad my brother gave her to me and that I have kept her all these years. Her name is a Essie.