Singer Featherweight Work Stand

The FW Work Stand is made to hold a Singer Featherweight upside down so that the hidden working surfaces can be inspected and maintained.  This work stand allows the handwheel to be rotated 360° in the inverted position so the hidden parts can be inspected while moving.

The work stand has four parts: base, saddle, boss and crutch.  The boss locates the machine frame by the hole under the spool pin.  The spool pin plate must be removed to put the machine on the work stand.  The boss is screwed to the saddle.  The saddle aligns the machine between two arms and the boss.  The saddle is screwed to the base.  The base provides clearance between the machine and the supporting surface.  The crutch is a loose spacer that is placed between the sewing table and the base on the motor side of the machine.  This stabilizes the machine on the work stand and allows access to most any part of the machine.  If the electric motor is removed, the crutch is usually not needed.

This Singer Featherweight Work Stand was built based on:

Singer 221 Serial Number AH125886.

Production Release/Commission Date: June 26, 1947                                                            Location: Elizabethport, New Jersey

Since we do not have the dimensions of any of the Singer Featherweight designs, we cannot determine whether this workstand would hold any other Singer Featherweight machine.  Featherweights were made from 1933 to 1968.

You can check when yours was made by finding the serial number on the bottom of the machine.  The serial number has 2 letters and 6 numbers.  Then look up the serial number on novamontgomery.com or singer-featherweight.com.