My first Featherweight- but what is it?

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06-17-2015, 04:48 AM

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Mrs. SewNSew

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Originally Posted by Shelley M

Thanks for the reply. I had heard only of two places to locate the serial number: bottom plate, which is obvious, and under the arm. I have still not been able to discover where that is, and if anyone knows I hope they will tell me. I will have to do some research and find out the third location.

The "arm" is the piece that goes across the top. Basically it's L shaped and also attaches to the base. Looking for the serial number would involve taking the machine apart.

06-18-2015, 04:38 AM

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rarmao

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Originally Posted by Shelley M

Shelley, there are only two places where the serial# is located on your machine. The early machines, 33-35 had a boss located inside the bottom of the machine, under the drip pan. To my knowledge only the early 33's used that spot to stamp the serial#, however the boss was still present on later 33, 34, and some 35 machines until they changed the casting somewhat. Here are a couple examples of the different castings with the third one being a 1941.
The very early 33's only had the serial inside the bottom area and did not even have a boss for the serial on the bottom outside area. The drip pan had to be removed to see the serial.

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06-18-2015, 05:52 AM

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Macybaby

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rarmao - thanks for the pictures - that is really neat to learn about the casting differences.

06-18-2015, 11:42 PM

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Shelley M

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I think we have reached a point where we will not discover the answer to this. I am not willing to take it apart and the drip pan yields no number so I think we will just approximate the age as circa 1948. It seems to be a good running little machine and I think we will enjoy many years of sewing. Thanks to all who responded, I have learned quite a bit about the Featherweight.