Restoring Singer Featherweight!! Need help, please!
#1
Restoring Singer Featherweight!! Need help, please!
My dad loaned me one of his 2 Singer Featherweights. I went to service it last night and I discovered that it is missing the WHOLE bobbin area!!
(The 1st 3 pics are of the area the bobbin pieces are missing.)
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The bobbin base and case should be on that post!!!
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This is what it SHOULD look like, with and without bobbin case!
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Does ANYONE have any sites they could share with me, so I could buy those missing parts, please???
Thank you SO MUCH!
(The 1st 3 pics are of the area the bobbin pieces are missing.)
[ATTACH=CONFIG]407495[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]407498[/ATTACH]
The bobbin base and case should be on that post!!!
[ATTACH=CONFIG]407499[/ATTACH]
This is what it SHOULD look like, with and without bobbin case!
[ATTACH=CONFIG]407500[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]407501[/ATTACH]
Does ANYONE have any sites they could share with me, so I could buy those missing parts, please???
Thank you SO MUCH!
#5
I've run the machine for an extensive amount of time and it runs great. I think someone might have removed it to fully service the machine and then misplaced the bobbin parts.
#6
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Unfortunately, you'll mostly be able to get reproductions (China) from vendors and online sites. Try April's 30 shop for original parts. If the original parts are important to you, be prepared for the sticker shock. Even repros. are very expensive. The bobbin case and bobbin assembly are the "heart" of the machine and the parts that are the most often pilfered and the most expensive to replace! The bobbin case is used on the 301 also, so they're in demand. I've purchased parts via ebay sellers(originals) and have been pleased. This may take a while. I would imagine you're going to have to spend at least $100 to get those parts. Probably more.
#7
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Northern CA near Sacramento
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The missing parts are the hook assembly (hook and bobbin case base) and the bobbin case. The bobbin case base is the part with the finger that is in the middle of the hook assembly. If buying used parts make sure that the parts are from a 221 and not a 301. The finger on the bobbin case base is slightly different between the 221 and 301. They are not interchangeable. The 221 style will fit the 301, but not stay in between the springs of the throat plate when running at normal speeds.
I have had nothing but trouble with the Chinese made bobbin cases that I get from my wholesale house. Everyone has had to be adjusted by grinding and sometimes replacing the flat tension spring. Buy a good used bobbin case if possible.
Cathy
I have had nothing but trouble with the Chinese made bobbin cases that I get from my wholesale house. Everyone has had to be adjusted by grinding and sometimes replacing the flat tension spring. Buy a good used bobbin case if possible.
Cathy
#8
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: New York City
Posts: 138
This machine is not just missing the "bobbin pieces," it's missing the entire hook assembly. No one that I know of makes a replacement hook assembly for Featherweights, so you'd have to buy them from someone with a parts machine.
#9
I was able to get the bobbin case on Sew Classic (http://shop.sew-classic.com/) and the bobbin hook assembly and carrying case on eBay (http://www.ebay.com/sch/Sewing-Machine-Parts). I also found Singer Featherweight bobbins on Amazon.
Grand total for today's purchases:
$190.83
Which covered a bobbin case, bobbin hook assembly, carrying case, and 50 bobbins.
Grand total for today's purchases:
$190.83
Which covered a bobbin case, bobbin hook assembly, carrying case, and 50 bobbins.
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