JaneK

Hi All,
Here's a quick question. Does anyone know if featherweights made in Great Britain are compatible with the electricity here in the US, or do they need to be converted. Silly question, but I don't know the answer. Thanks.

jenna p in ga

Yours is much prettier than mine!!! I seem to recall you discussing this machine w/someone else, the needles are no longer available right?

jenna p in ga

Thank you, I do too, by far the prettiest part of the whole thing :).

purplefiend

JaneK,
If it has a 110 motor its fine for here, 220 motor needs a voltage converter or needs to be converted.
Sharon W.

BoJangles

She's a 'he' and I call him Peter after the guy that kept him for so long for his mother!

The wood on this cabinet is in mint condition and the machine is also in great shape. I too had never seen a cabinet like this one.
This machine will stay with me till the end!

Nancy

BoJangles

I would of loved to see your cabinet in its prime. You can tell by the front that it was indeed very pretty.

I have been buying needles on e-bay for a few months now. I probably have enough to last a very long time now. Yes, the WW and the Singer 9W take a special needle that is no longer produced, but if you watch E-Bay you can still get them. They are a little pricey -- around 3 needles for $10, if you are lucky and don't get in a bidding war -- but, well worth it.

Yes, I told everyone about the WW a while back. This guy just lost his Mom, he was in a VA hospital and wanted the machine to go to someone who would appreciate it. When he called me to come look at the machine, I had decided I didn't need another treadle, but after hearing his story I had to go get it. He is going back to Portugal to settle his parents estate there and had to find a home for the treadle in a hurry. I am so glad I did go get the machine -- he almost cried when I took it -- and I promised him it would be taken care of always!

Besides when I saw the machine, I could not resist it -- it is beautiful!

Nancy

JaneK

Sharon,
Thanks so much. Do you think my local sewing machine repairman can convert it, and is it an expensive thing to do?

Miz Johnny

Miz Johnny has been trying to clean house, but is not having much luck. I am housekeeping impaired.
I made yet another trip to northern Kentucky to rummage through the basement of a guy who is sick of selling machine stuff off ebay, and came home with a few machines (5 nice Made-in-Japan class 15 machines), a few lights, and some new old stock bases. I met up with Robin (whom I met on this board) and her husband, and my friend Pam and her husband. A good time was had by all--and we all came home with "stuff".
It took me a couple of days to clean the stuff up enough to come in the house, but I was greatly entertained by a tag on one of the machines. The machines had come from a closed repair shop, and the repair tag stated the work done--including a new motor and wiring--and the cost, a little over $30. There was another tag dated a year later stapled over that that read "Do not release. Storage fee $14) The original tag was dated 1972. The case was in rough shape, but the machine was in beautiful condition. My van smelled like a musty basement for a few days, though.
More than you wanted to know, but my sewing machine diet is going about as well as my other diet. I seem to be gaining both ways.

Miz Johnny in far too phat Kentucky

Miz Johnny

This is one of the prettiest 9's I've seen. I love the cabinet (I've not seen these drawers before) and the machine has more decals left than I've ever seen on a 9.

purplefiend

I would make very sure that your local repairman knows what he is doing, before you let him at your machine. This could happen if he doesn't know.

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