barbm Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I need some help from all those Singer owners out there: I'm cleaning a Featherlight for a friend - gotten out all those dust bunnies and cleaned it up nice, but I've never had a sewing machine that needed oiling, so I don't know if/where to oil this machine. I'm pretty sure it needs it somewhere.... Can anybody give me a general guideline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I don't have a FW but googled and found instrctions there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltnutt Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 yes, you do oil the machine after 8 hrs of use. one drop in the little holes on top of the machine. If you go to Singer sewing machine website,you can donwload a book. I have 4 FW'S,2 301's and a 201. Email me and I can scan my book on where to oil the machine for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eswindy Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I would where you get the grease for the motor. Mine came with a tube almost used it all up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbm Posted January 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Thank you, ladies! I knew I could probably google general instructions, but there are so many Featherweight owners on this chat - and we're always so fast in responding! - that this just seemed the best forum for answers. Bonnie already called me and walked me through all the oiling holes - and whether or not to add grease to the gears - gave me all the confidence I needed to take this baby apart and put her back together again. Bonnie - you wouldn't believe the mat of lint I took out from under the needle plate! I'm gonna have to have some strong words with my friend about treating her machine better in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 And tell her that the next time she lets it get this bad you are just going to keep the little puppy. If she can't take better care of it....the little puppy will come live at your house..... She needs to feed and take better care of it, that is for sure.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Bonnie - you wouldn't believe the mat of lint I took out from under the needle plate! A guild-mate took her FW for servicing and was upset because the repairman removed the "little felt pad" that was under the needleplate!!:P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 How rude of the repairman of removing her time spent lint/felt pad......bet her machine worked better and didn't sound like a tractor after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnHenry Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 In 25 words or less: Put oil in every hole. While moving the hand wheel, observe everything that moves and oil wherever two moving parts come together, top and bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Barb, I have a guide for featherweight care that I can scan and email to you. Give me a day or so to dig it out. I have 3 fw's and fortunatly they are all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbm Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 I took her all apart, lubed and oiled everything -- after removing all the "felt" -- and she's running like a champ. Now I'm just waiting for my friend to come get her. Thanks for all the encouragement, ladies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Sounds good. They like to be cleaned and oiled often I have found. But then, I use my fw's alot. I am glad it is purring like a kitten and running strong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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