My Featherweights from Goodwill
 

Hopefully, I've finally figured out how to post pictures! I've been lucky enough to find four Featherweights and a Featherweight table at two local Goodwill stores.
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1952 Featherweight - $12.99

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1947 Featherweight - $11.99

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1936 Featherweight - $13.50

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Featherweight Table - $9.99

Just found another 1952 Featherweight at Goodwill for $18.99

Wow! Awesome finds! :) Can't find stuff like that around here....:/

Holy Gaucamole, Batman! Those sure are some impressive prices!!! Our local Goodwill knows what FW are worth and you can't buy them for under $150 each. Never, ever see the tables around here.

Wow, wow, wow! Good for you! You will love your machines.

OMG what part of the world do you live?

Yeah, I would love to find one at that price. I've always wanted one but could'n't afford one.

Goodness, just look at those prices. I managed to get a mid 1950's one with no accessories on eBay for £100 last year, but they go for up to £600.

I have never seen one in a charity shop.

I've looked for years, have never seen one in thrift store. No wonder, all of them must be in your neck of the woods!!

My jaw Dropped upon looking at these beautiful machines and table! They are in great shape & you can tell someone took great care of them! You hit the lottery on these! Have fun using them!

What designates a table as specifically for a Featherweight?
and I’m in the same boat as the others-our Goodwill prices most things at near-retail price. Never any sewing machine bargains!

Lucky you, not where we live.

It has a cutout and brace so that the machine fits flush in the table. It's a folding table. It was made/sold for the featherweight. There's one for the 301, too. (I'm not sure if there are two different tables or just one that is adjustable.) I don't have one. I've just seen photos online.

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Lucky you!

Lucky you. Around here, in virginia, they wont put them in stores, only on-line at very high prices. i stopped looking they are so crazy high.

Omg! Not available here for sure!!!

A-mazing. I suspect it all lies in how often you go there.
I hit goodwill about twice a year, last time it was to find a couple of big pots for pet water bowls. I don't look at machines though :)

I lol'd at your user name. My last name is close to Edsel and it was one of my many nick names in high school. Do you collect those, too?

great finds and welcome to the FW club!!

Wow you sure are fortunate - happy for you! Been looking for a Featherweight table for a long time without luck. All of your purchases were unbelievably inexpensive.

Here's the Featherweight table with the insert removed and with the machine.


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I have about 15 sewing machines, mostly. vintage, a few modern. Unfortunately, I have only one Edsel. :(

Love your featherweight table. Looks like it was in good shape.

That's amazing!!!!!!!! I spent way more getting mine. Good for you!
And I've never come across a table.

I am going to get a table for mine and I have found one for the bargain price of $100, I have shopped at goodwill on line and they are pricy..the goodwill store here is as well and have never seen a featherweight or a Treadle there!!! In What part of the world are you???? I could find a Treadle easily in NJ when I lived there but haven't seen a deal in Illinois ever!

The base of the Featherweight is 7 inches wide. The 301 is only 5 3/4 inches wide at the base. The bed of the 301 is wider than the base. The top of the bed of the Featherweight is 6 1/2 inches

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How about Pacer? By the way, nice wagon! :thumbup:

I've never understood why people think those are so ugly.

This was at a small town nearby... Lots of $ put into a barn find. It had the standard lever for the automatic and an 390 under the hood.

I never see anything like that at our goodwill

Me neither, our local reuse store wants ebay prices for their machine, no wonder they are still there. But I did buy a 301 for 45.00 and I was happy with that.

Wow, they must not sew much around your town. I did find my table for $3.50 at a thrift store. They didn't
know what it was and had just put it with other card tables.