My very own featherweight!!!
#11
You are going to love your "New" machine! One thing to check when it isn't stitching is how you threaded the needle. I am left handed and threaded it from the outside (left) to the inside (right). Wrong! I was upset that it wasn't sewing and it was just back from the shop. The thread goes from the right to the left. Backwards for my left handed world so I always have to stop and think when threading my Elizabeth.
#15
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Hartsburg, Mo
Posts: 309
Congrautlations on getting her going!
When you have time, go to a quilt show and see what the vendors are selling them for - you'll have a whole new appreciation for her.
One word of caution - watch the light bulb! Many a burned wrists from working on a featherweight - ask me how I know!
Enjoy :->>
When you have time, go to a quilt show and see what the vendors are selling them for - you'll have a whole new appreciation for her.
One word of caution - watch the light bulb! Many a burned wrists from working on a featherweight - ask me how I know!
Enjoy :->>
#18
Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 27
DO NOT put oil in the motor, it will ruin it. Use only motor grease. I sell and service Featherweights in my spare time and I use Singer Motor Lubricant. It comes in a tube with a tip that makes it easy to insert the grease into the motor. I use a synthetic grease on the gears (if it has set a long time they probably need greased) You can buy a reproduction book for the featherweight or you can go to the Singer site and download a manual for free.
Congratulations on your find. Enjoy, they are a great little machine.
Congratulations on your find. Enjoy, they are a great little machine.
#20
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Hattiesburg,MS 39402
Posts: 1,458
I have two featherweights and wouldn't sew on anything else. Not only do you oil this machine but you grease the gears. One of mine came with the grease. It's a 1951 machine. I love the idea that I can fold it up, put it in a box and go. Have sewing machine will travel
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