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    Old 02-11-2011, 04:09 PM
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    Originally Posted by Lacelady
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    All you featherweight people, I got a featherweight for nothing it works fine except I need bobbins. Where to you recomend I get some? Glenn
    FOR NOTHING??? Are you the sort that if you fell in the sea, you would come out dry?

    I got my bobbins on ebay, by the way.
    I quess I was lucky. No case with it but it works fine. Glenn
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    Old 02-11-2011, 04:18 PM
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    Originally Posted by jljack
    Hi - I am buying a Belair Bantam from the 1940s. Here's a pic. I don't know much about it except that it works and it's only a couple of pounds heavier than a Featherweight. Anything you can tell me would be bonus..I tried Googling, but didn't find hardly anything.
    Go on ismacs singer and look for a manual for a 99 they are the same. I have a belair bantam and have pieced several quilts on mine.
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    Old 02-11-2011, 05:21 PM
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    Originally Posted by Glenn
    All you featherweight people, I got a featherweight for nothing it works fine except I need bobbins. Where to you recomend I get some? Glenn
    You lucky dog you! Geeze, I have never heard of someone getting a FW for free -- it must have been a loving admirer who gave you that machine!

    I had a FW maintenance/cleaning class along with serveral of my friends today -- what a hoot! One of the ladies in the class pulled a mound of lint and thread out of her FW -- she uses it a lot! If it had been a modern machine, it would have been ruined or she'd be putting a bunch of money into the machine to get it fixed (like I need to do with my fancy embroidery machine). No, it sewed perfect even with all the gunk in and around the bobbin and feed dogs! The gal that taught our class, Linda Cover, has been using and collecting FW's since she was a small child. She said she has never found a ruined motor on a FW -- even when people think they are ruined, they are not ruined.

    Love those little machines! Oh and there was one gal in the class who brought a 301 since it is similar to the FW. I didn't realize they take the same bobbins and are so similar!

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    Old 02-11-2011, 05:29 PM
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    Originally Posted by BoJangles
    Originally Posted by Glenn
    All you featherweight people, I got a featherweight for nothing it works fine except I need bobbins. Where to you recomend I get some? Glenn
    You lucky dog you! Geeze, I have never heard of someone getting a FW for free -- it must have been a loving admirer who gave you that machine!

    I had a FW maintenance/cleaning class along with serveral of my friends today -- what a hoot! One of the ladies in the class pulled a mound of lint and thread out of her FW -- she uses it a lot! If it had been a modern machine, it would have been ruined or she'd be putting a bunch of money into the machine to get it fixed (like I need to do with my fancy embroidery machine). No, it sewed perfect even with all the gunk in and around the bobbin and feed dogs! The gal that taught our class, Linda Cover, has been using and collecting FW's since she was a small child. She said she has never found a ruined motor on a FW -- even when people think they are ruined, they are not ruined.

    Love those little machines! Oh and there was one gal in the class who brought a 301 since it is similar to the FW. I didn't realize they take the same bobbins and are so similar!

    Nancy
    I am going to get a new belt for it from the singer shop in the Am but other than that I can't find anything wrong with it. It does need a little cleaning . I am going to take it camping in the RV to piece quilts in the evening. Glenn
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    Old 02-11-2011, 05:30 PM
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    I have a Singer 401A that was in tip top condition until recently. I was sewing along at a fairly fast rate when the bobbin case came loose and raised up under the needle and jammed up the machine. I have taken it apart and it works fine as long as the case and bobbin are not in it. I think the part that holds the case in place is bent. It is hard to tell by looking but it does allow the bobbin and case to rise up. What can I do? Are there parts available? I really like this machine but don't want to spend much to repair her.
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    Old 02-11-2011, 06:57 PM
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    Originally Posted by Glenn
    All you featherweight people, I got a featherweight for nothing it works fine except I need bobbins. Where to you recomend I get some? Glenn
    Bobbins for the Berninas will fit the FW's I think its the 540, but you cab find them at Joanns and Hancocks if not I have plenty of them.

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    Old 02-11-2011, 07:00 PM
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    Originally Posted by Lostn51
    Originally Posted by Glenn
    All you featherweight people, I got a featherweight for nothing it works fine except I need bobbins. Where to you recomend I get some? Glenn
    Bobbins for the Berninas will fit the FW's I think its the 540, but you cab find them at Joanns and Hancocks if not I have plenty of them.

    Billy
    Thanks Billy, I am going out in the am and if I can't find them here I will PM you Glenn
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    Old 02-11-2011, 07:52 PM
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    Originally Posted by Glenn
    I am going to get a new belt for it from the singer shop in the Am but other than that I can't find anything wrong with it. It does need a little cleaning . I am going to take it camping in the RV to piece quilts in the evening. Glenn
    I am soooooo jealous!

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    Old 02-11-2011, 07:59 PM
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    Originally Posted by WilliP
    Love this, and I have a question. Does anyone know of an instruction book for the vintage attachments. I know I can locate a manual that may or may not tell me what my attachments are, but how to use them?
    WilliP
    I have this book and it's wonderful!

    http://www.amazon.com/Sewing-Machine...7483066&sr=1-1

    It was recommended to me by the woman that I bought some of my 301's from.
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    Old 02-11-2011, 08:07 PM
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    Originally Posted by WilliP
    Love this, and I have a question. Does anyone know of an instruction book for the vintage attachments. I know I can locate a manual that may or may not tell me what my attachments are, but how to use them?
    WilliP

    Here is the free version................

    http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollect.../NMAHTEX/0203/

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