So Old Sew New

I had a customer call last week that was having issues replacing the bulb in her Model 221 Featherweight.

Upgrading to an LED bulb is popular due to the heat from the original filament style bulb.

I asked if this was a white (celery) model and she said yes. I have always had issues replacing bulbs in the white Featherweight, so here is what I found.

"The Singer Featherweights that were made in the UK plant have a deeper socket. If your LED bulb has a fl**ge at the top of the metal sockets, they will not seat deeply enough into the socket to make a connection. We have our bulbs make without the fl**ge so they are universal in the Featherweight Family. "

Kudos to the Featherweight Doctor. Link to order is here.

https://featherweightdoctor.com/product/new-singer-featherweight-led-lightbulb

Just FYI. Happy springtime. Dave

A bit of a reunion today. The 66-1 head went back into it's original cabinet. This head was made in Elizabethtown NJ, and the cabinets were mainly produced in Ft. Bend, Indiana. At its peak, the Ft. Bend facility produced 10,000 cabinets a day.

What a sweet pair! Sews nicely to be more than a century old.

Time to start learning some of the attachments and getting familiar with the machine. Very pleased with the outcome. A number of hours invested in this one.

Pretty spring day in Texas. David

OK; note to self. Stay away from estate sales.

This beauty found its way to my shop on Saturday. 50% off. It was disassembled for the trip home.

Singer Model 66, allocated October of 1910. This is a #6, seven drawer cabinet. I love these ornate treadle cabinets, and they will actually fit any early full-size Singer. NJ manufactured with the "red-eye" decals.

The drawers were full of attachments, but the attachments are for a standard low shank Singer. This machine is early enough to still have the back clamp foot.

In moderately good condition for the age (116 years). The machine is smooth but dry. It was well loved and used based on the wear in the throat and on the head, but that makes it special to me.

How many dresses, shirts and pants did this make in it's century+ of use? How many loving hands touched it and created something useful and beautiful?

Another one saved....

Dave

The last one for a while. The Singer 15K is finished.

What a pleasure to work on something this nice, that has been taken care of and cherished by it's owners.

Not some barn find that has been roosted on by chickens and the customer wants it to look new.

Off to the clear rivers of Arkansas. Sorry, I can't work today. My arm is in a cast.

Happy Easter, David