| The original Singer Featherweight Sewing Machines | | | | Featherweight Sewing Machines. For example, these |
| may certainly have been inspired by the Standard | | | | machines were only produced in a few colors which |
| Sewhandy portable designs. In fact, one would not be | | | | included black, white/green and also beige/tan. So, if |
| wrong to say that Singer actually purchased Standard | | | | you come across a Featherweight that is red or blue |
| just so that they could get their hands on the amazing | | | | or even any other colored, chances are that these |
| Sewhandy designs. Of course, at the time, Standard | | | | machines are either copies or have had their bodies |
| was also not doing well and so it became easy for | | | | repainted. |
| Singer to affect the purchase. In any case, there is no | | | | Also, in case you want to know the exact |
| denying the fact, that Singer Featherweight Sewing | | | | manufacturing date of any Singer Featherweight |
| Machines were hugely inspired by the Sewhandy. | | | | Sewing Machines, you may be disappointed because |
| So, when looking at the Singer Featherweight Sewing | | | | only Singer knows these dates. The company will |
| Machines, it should not come as any big surprise to | | | | however provide information that refers to various |
| anyone to find that these machines boast of the same | | | | dates that relate to serial numbers or different batches |
| designs as were used in the Sewhandy machines. | | | | that were released to the market at a given time. |
| Furthermore, the Featherweight machines were not | | | | The first Singer Featherweight Sewing Machines were |
| just copies of the Sewhandy because they | | | | introduced at the Chicago World Fair in the year 1933. |
| incorporated many innovations and improvements that | | | | From that time onward till the middle of the sixties, |
| have helped to make this model succeed where the | | | | these machines were produced and bought in big |
| Sewhandy floundered. | | | | numbers. They were made out of cast aluminum and |
| Featherweight sewing machines from Singer all have a | | | | most were lacquered in one of the few colors that |
| base made out of aluminum and the arm components | | | | Singer used and the machines were also decorated |
| are made to ensure that the machine does not weigh | | | | with the company's signature gold colored decals. |
| much. This is a major departure from the Sewhandy | | | | The Featherweight sewing machines from Singer |
| arms that were made out of cast iron and which | | | | were certainly very durable and these small and |
| made those machines very heavy. In addition, the | | | | lightweight machines as well as their cases provided |
| Featherweight machines also have extension tables | | | | good use which is why these machines continued to |
| that can by flipped up and down and when flipped up | | | | remain popular, even fifty years after they were first |
| will help in providing additional work area. | | | | introduced. |
| The Featherweight also made use of a lone thumb | | | | The bottom line is that these machines are tough, small |
| screw release that was located at the lower pan and | | | | and lightweight and will almost never weigh more than |
| which made lubricating the machine a lot easier. | | | | eleven and bit pounds. It is their lightweight properties |
| Compared to the Sewhandy, which had numerous | | | | and portability that have contributed so much to |
| screws, the single screw in the Featherweight was a | | | | making Singer Featherweight Sewing Machine so |
| major and very innovative feature. | | | | popular. |
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