How to install the belt, nose plate and more on a Singer Featherweight: Restoration Series Part 19

Learn how to install the belt, nose plate, feet and bottom cover on your Singer Featherweight 221. See the problem I ran into and learn about the part I will have to replace on the machine. This is part 19 of the restoration video series, if you missed the beginning of this series, check it out here: • Singer Featherweight T...
In this video you can watch how to remove the belt:
• Singer Featherweight T...
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Look below for links to most of the products you will need:
Shop the Singer Featherweight Shop for some supplies you need: singer-feather...
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List of supplies and links:
Various sized flat head screw drivers such as...
Chapman screwdrivers Kit No. 9600: amzn.to/47R4n7N
Craftsman Ratcheting Offset Screwdriver: amzn.to/3Ehii9o
Penetrating oil, I love Aerokroil by Kano: amzn.to/3R1a25h
Lily White Sewing Machine Oil: amzn.to/3Ej1O0F
Sew-Retro Sewing Machine Grease: singer-feather...
91% Isopropyl Alcohol: amzn.to/45tO7rv
Zymol Cleaner Wax: amzn.to/3P05c5o
Krud Kutter: amzn.to/3Ek2inh
Krud Kutter - The Must for Rust: amzn.to/3R2lKfR
Regular Cotton Swabs: amzn.to/3YW22nS
Pointy Cotton Swabs: amzn.to/3ECINXn
Old cotton t-shirts cut into pieces or other rags
Blue shop towels: amzn.to/45yO2D6
Sandwich bags (to keep parts together)
New Bed cushions for your Featherweight:singer-feather...
New Featherweight Drip Pad: singer-feather...
New LED lightbulb for your Featherweight: singer-feather...
New belt for your Featherweight: singer-feather...
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Thread tension meter: singer-feather...
Tweezers: amzn.to/45Os7r7
Several small artist paint brushes and a 1" chip brush (you can buy on Amazon but they are cheaper at stores like Walmart and Harbor Freight)
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[@judyguccione1694]

Just got my featherweight and your videos have been soooooo helpful. Your voice and temperament are soothing to learn by. Thank you so much for teaching me. 😊

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Thank you for your kind words! I hope you enjoy your Featherweight for many years to come, many wonderful things have been sewn on a Featherweight!

[@dpope2834]

Thanks for posting. Even though the singer I found is 15-91 built into a cabinet your video provided me enough guidance to get my belt replaced and working again.

[@SewingMachineRehab]

That is wonderful! So happy to hear that!

[@centralbears3010]

Excellent presentation skills!

[@MarionSews]

AWESOME!!! I can't thank you enough for posting all these videos. You have saved my sanity!!! So easy to follow along with.

[@SewingMachineRehab]

You are welcome! That was my goal and it makes me very happy to know that it helped. :)

[@kevinorr6880]

Amazing! I just watched everyone! Thank you. I have a featherweight that is completely bound up. Can’t wait to see what is wrong.

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Hi! Thank you for watching! You will have to keep me posted as you go, there are several reasons a machine can bind and I love figuring out what the problem is. Make sure you get plenty of oil in all the places it should go and as you remove parts keep checking how its moving so you know when you have got to the problem. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!

[@meganmills6545]

Clear and concise and very good as always (especially with that handy "view" to check whether the clutch release washer needs to be turned 180-degrees before putting in the screw) - thank you! Sometimes when the needle bar wants to intermittently go up and down for no apparent reason, even though I've engaged the stop-motion, I find that just putting the presser foot down is enough to stop the needle bar going up and down. It is as if the grip of the handwheel on the bushing is just on the cusp of being loosened enough to work every time and the "extra load" introduced into the system from just putting the presser foot down is enough to overcome it. I can't quite recall where I first heard that - probably either Bob or Andytube, maybe both - but it works for me much more often than not. (Of course, I've always taken off the handwheel and thoroughly cleaned the the bushing and the hub of the handwheel before I resort to the "I guess I'll just put the presser foot down then" solution. But I know you've already done that with this machine here so it would be interesting to know if putting the presser foot down works for your situation too - even if you're going to do a more permanent solution.) :-)

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Megan, I haven’t tried that but I am going to. Funny because the last order I got from the Featherweight shop had a little card with tips and tricks on it and it actually says “Lower the presser foot to keep the needle from going up and down when winding a bobbin.” I thought it was a misprint! Haha! Why have I never heard that? So, I am going to see if that works but this is the first Featherweight I will have ever had to do that with to totally stop the motion of the needle, all the others haven’t needed it. But it must be common if they are putting that on their little cards they include with orders. Either way, I already ordered a new collar/bushing and am kind of excited to take this one off now. :)

[@meganmills6545]

@@SewingMachineRehab Well - fancy that! I've been meaning to get some of those little "tip cards" but haven't got round to it yet. I've not had that problem with the FW I've cleaned up (can't have, I haven't got it back together yet!) :-) But I have struck it with my century-and-older 28Ks. I hope you make a video of your collar/bushing replacement just in case I ever do have to do it.

[@ffets-SEP]

You should swap number 19 and 20 in the list, because you need the belt (now episode 20) before sewing (now episode 19).

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Thanks! I will look into that, have to see where I went wrong there :)