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I little information about Featherweight motors and a whole lot about how I service both the motor and rewire the lamp.

New oil helps, but imagine how much better your machine could be running if all the old varnished oil was cleaned away and you 'reset' your baby's clock with a fresh start?

Cleaning the machine: Pt 1, gears and body. It's time to tear this lady down and get to work rescuing this machine from a heavy coating of sticky grease!

Unboxing and intake/evaluation of my current restoration project, a 1952 Singer 221 Featherweight.

1939 Singer 221 Featherweight, SN AF248100 Now available for $995.00 at Stitch!

It's time to tear down and clean this lady up!

Servicing the motor is one of my favorite tasks when restoring a sewing machine. It's so satisfying taking it from sluggish to peppy.

Vintage sewing machine wiring is usually brittle and needs to be replaced. Learn how I approach the project with this featherweight.

1939 Featherweight case is repaired, cleaned and polished and ready to store our machine!

Meet my latest project--a 1939 Singer 221 Featherweight. In this post we take a look at her starting condition and plan for what comes next.