"EZ" mini sewing machine that looks like a FW
01-14-2015, 09:45 AM
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If you read the ad carefully, the motor is optional. Which means you have to buy it separately? Am I misunderstanding? No wonder it's so underpriced. Look at the 8th picture. That shows the options, on the motors.
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01-14-2015, 12:28 PM
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I think the description is wrong. How can there be a "drop in bobbin" when there is no plate for it to be under? Another thing, look at the first picture; not how far the hang on motor protrudes into what little sewing space there is. Then there is the screws on the end of the motor that act as the light mount, those would snag your fabric horribly. "IF" I collected FW's, I might be tempted to buy one of these to show the difference between the real thing, and the Chinese knock offs. But to sew on .... no. Joe
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01-14-2015, 12:30 PM
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01-14-2015, 02:05 PM
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http://www.sewsing.com/featherweight221.php
or go to all brands,com or alpha sew ?
my understanding is there so close, just like the 70/80's 15 reporo's that all parts interchange
paint it Rusty O Red add the repro singer decals and Bingo, it's 800$ machine.
or go to all brands,com or alpha sew ?
my understanding is there so close, just like the 70/80's 15 reporo's that all parts interchange
paint it Rusty O Red add the repro singer decals and Bingo, it's 800$ machine.
What you suggest would definitely fool some people. The dead giveaway for anyone who's lived with a fw for any amount of time would be the badge and the lack of the proper singer part numbers stamped on the various parts.
I will say, since I have a FW in pieces right now for a painting - it's at the auto body shop right now "being worked on" - that $800 for someone to supply you the machine and do the disassembly and the paint job and the reassembly is a steal of a deal!
the pictures say that's a lie though.
Would it ever! I have a list of people who I'm supposed to call if I ever want to sell mine and it grows almost everytime someone comes into the studio for the first time.
01-14-2015, 06:23 PM
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That ad looks like it is about 40 years old, though it does say that it comes with a standard sewing machine motor, and a 220-volt motor is available as an option.
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