Another Featherweight question
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I'm trying to find out the "birthdate" for my Featherweight. I know hoe to find the year by the serial number, but how can you find the actual month & day?? |
I don't think you can get that close.
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You've looked on here?
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mach...-database.html I found mine. It was manufactured in February 19, 1947 and it is a FW 221, there were 20,000 of them manufactured. Hope you can find yours. |
I can not find my serial number on my Featherweight. Some previous/owner person shaved it off. Do you think Featherweights were "hot items" at one time in their glory years. I would say they are still "hot". Thanks, Kathy
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Originally Posted by SewExtremeSeams
(Post 7180322)
You've looked on here?
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mach...-database.html I found mine. It was manufactured in February 19, 1947 and it is a FW 221, there were 20,000 of them manufactured. Hope you can find yours. |
Originally Posted by Ms Grace
(Post 7180286)
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I'm trying to find out the "birthdate" for my Featherweight. I know hoe to find the year by the serial number, but how can you find the actual month & day?? |
However you look at it, they were hot items.
Originally Posted by ChattyKathy
(Post 7180329)
I can not find my serial number on my Featherweight. Some previous/owner person shaved it off. Do you think Featherweights were "hot items" at one time in their glory years. I would say they are still "hot". Thanks, Kathy
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The date on ISMACS site is the date the number range was allocated, so if you look at that and the next one for your model number, you can get a pretty good idea of when it was made. And you could assume if you have an early number in the range, it would be closer to the allocation date, and vise versa for an other one.
I looked up the 2-19-47 range, and the next allocation of numbers for model 221 is 4/22/1947. Some models that didn't have much production may not get numbers allocated near as often. The tables are rather interesting to study, and it would be really neat to know if Singer had multiple lines to produce different models at the same time, or needed to switch out and do individual productions runs. I suspect they probably had multiple lines going at the same time. |
Thanks for the more detailed info....
I now know my newest girl is a 1954 model. Between April 22 and Jan.17th of 1955. Since the Model # is AL722---, I will assume that she was born in the fall of 1954. They made 50,000 221's in that batch... |
That's not actually the birthdate of your particular machine. The date is of when that particular lot of serial numbers was assigned.
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I bought a featherweight and the number was assigned on Oct 30th. My birthday is October 31 same year my FW was was made. Figured it was a sign that the machine was meant to be mine.
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Originally Posted by Tink's Mom
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Thanks for the more detailed info....
I now know my newest girl is a 1954 model. Between April 22 and Jan.17th of 1955. Since the Model # is AL722---, I will assume that she was born in the fall of 1954. They made 50,000 221's in that batch... You are only 59 once so let's virtually celebrate |
The date you get is not precisely "the" date your machine was made, it was the date that that batch of machines was commissioned.
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Originally Posted by ChattyKathy
(Post 7180329)
I can not find my serial number on my Featherweight. Some previous/owner person shaved it off. Do you think Featherweights were "hot items" at one time in their glory years. I would say they are still "hot". Thanks, Kathy
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There are three places on the FW where the serial number is. Have you checked all three places??
Yes, the FW are still hot items, especially very old ones and 1951 centennials. Love my little girl, sews very well! |
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