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Singer Featherweight Freearm 222 models

The pinnacle of Featherweight design – all the standard features plus a Freearm facility and lowering feed dogs for freehand embroidery, crammed into the basic FW configuration. Unfortunately these groundbreaking machines were just too expensive to manufacture economically and production ended after a relatively short period. As befits their status at the top of the tree, all my 222 machines are sent air express and all have rebuilt 110-volt motors and a one year guarantee .

 

We are proud to offer the following specially selected models  
Updated
July 18, 2010

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EM 957271 
Made: 1955
Condition 9
-

Price: $1200
including next-day
FedEx delivery

Superb decals on this fine 222 and great paint paintwork, with only the lightest of marks on the base.
So we're talking a fine machine, which would be equally at home on a collector's shelf or putting in hard work piecing or for a seamstress
.
It’s a fine bright machine with super glossy paintwork and, of course, all the chrome is perfect.

Remember, all my 222 machines are supplied with re-built 110-volt motors, a two-year guarantee and the price includes FedEx Priority shipping to your door.
Good condition original box with no odor.
Machine comes with a range of attachments/feet, a bound photocopy of the original full-size handbook and a packet of Schmetz needles. Fully cleaned inside and out, serviced and sew tested before leaving the workshop. Electrically tested for your safety. Pictures are of the actual machine. Any bright marks are from the flash - all flaws are always described in full.
Price includes comprehensive insured air shipping to your door.
This machine. as with all other Featherweights I sell, comes with three vital pieces of special documentation. 1) A certificate giving Singer's official statement of manufacturing date. 2) A guarantee that the machine contains no modern reproduction parts. 3) A dated certificate of electrical safety
According to Singer's production records this machine was born on November 15, 1957
Code: F527

EK 325942 
Made: 1955
Condition 9
-

Price: $1200
including next-day
FedEx delivery

Here’s a great Freearm machine with 100% complete undamaged decals.
The only reason I’ve added the minus sign to the condition are a greater number than usual of small marks at the rear of the bed, probably caused by a poorly stored controller.
Don’t worry, none of these go through the protective layer into the paint beneath.
It’s a fine bright machine with super glossy paintwork and, of course, all the chrome is perfect.

Remember, all my 222 machines are supplied with re-built 110-volt motors, a two-year guarantee and the price includes FedEx Priority shipping to your door.
Good condition original box with no odor.
Machine comes with a range of attachments/feet, a bound photocopy of the original full-size handbook and a packet of Schmetz needles. Fully cleaned inside and out, serviced and sew tested before leaving the workshop. Electrically tested for your safety. Pictures are of the actual machine. Any bright marks are from the flash - all flaws are always described in full.
Price includes comprehensive insured air shipping to your door.
This machine. as with all other Featherweights I sell, comes with three vital pieces of special documentation. 1) A certificate giving Singer's official statement of manufacturing date. 2) A guarantee that the machine contains no modern reproduction parts. 3) A dated certificate of electrical safety
According to Singer's production records this machine was born on March 14, 1955
Code: F519

  EK 632237  
Made: 1955
Condition 8+

Price: $1150
including next-day
FedEx delivery

This machine would have made it into the exclusive category 9 but for the very slightest of thinning on the front bed decal.
You won’t notice this in the pictures because it’s such a slight diminishing of the pattern – but it’s there so we mention it.
The bed on this machine has just the lightest of marks to show previous use.
Chrome is perfect.
Remember, all my 222 machines are supplied with re-built 110-volt motors, a two-year guarantee and the price includes FedEx Priority shipping to your door.
Good condition original box with no odor.
Machine comes with a range of attachments/feet, a bound photocopy of the original full-size handbook and a packet of Schmetz needles. Fully cleaned inside and out, serviced and sew tested before leaving the workshop. Electrically tested for your safety. Pictures are of the actual machine. Any bright marks are from the flash - all flaws are always described in full.
Price includes comprehensive insured air shipping to your door.
This machine. as with all other Featherweights I sell, comes with three vital pieces of special documentation. 1) A certificate giving Singer's official statement of manufacturing date. 2) A guarantee that the machine contains no modern reproduction parts. 3) A dated certificate of electrical safety
According to Singer's production records this machine was born on August 16, 1955
Code: F532

EN 138601    
Made: 1957
Condition 9

Price: $1250
including next-day
FedEx delivery

 

Here’s a superb survivor – a fine-condition 222 Freearm machine with totally complete decals.
The only downside is that the previous owner was a tad careless and probably stowed the controller down behind the arm resulting in a number of marks to the top protective coating at the rear of the bed. Most annoying as these machines have a perfectly adequate storage facility for the controller in the lid.
These marks, of course, don’t go through the protective lacquer into the paintwork beneath so no danger of the problem escalating.
If you've Irish connections -- note this machine is dated St Patrick's Day
Chrome is perfect. And, remember, that all my 222s come with a free re-built motor to Singer’s original USA specification. This allows me to give them a two-year guarantee.
Good condition original box with no odor.
Machine comes with a range of attachments/feet, a bound photocopy of the original full-size handbook and a packet of Schmetz needles. Fully cleaned inside and out, serviced and sew tested before leaving the workshop. Electrically tested for your safety. Pictures are of the actual machine. Any bright marks are from the flash - all flaws are always described in full.
Price includes comprehensive insured air shipping to your door.
This machine. as with all other Featherweights I sell, comes with three vital pieces of special documentation. 1) A certificate giving Singer's official statement of manufacturing date. 2) A guarantee that the machine contains no modern reproduction parts. 3) A dated certificate of electrical safety
According to Singer's production records this machine was born on March 17, 1957
Code: F533

EL 177485 
Made: 1956
Condition: 8+

Price: $1100
including next-day
FedEx delivery

 

 

 

 

Let’s get the bad news over with first – don’t worry, there’s so little of it, it won’t take long.
It concerns the decals. There’s just a little thinning in-line with the needle at the front and rear; also a little light thinning on just one line at the front and rear. 
The decals on the extension table are perfect and we have, perhaps, more than the usual light pin marks on the base.
None of these extend through the protective layer into the paintwork itself.
Chrome is perfect.

Remember, all my Featherweights get a complete service, adjustment and overhaul during their workshop time, and the 222s benefit from a re-built motor to Singer’s original US 110 volt specifications – just like having a new motor.
Good strong box, original of course, complete with accessory tray.  
Machine comes with a full range of attachments/feet, a bound photocopy of the
original full-size handbook and a packet of Schmetz needles. Fully cleaned inside and out, serviced and sew tested before leaving the workshop.
Electrically tested for your safety. Pictures are of the actual machine. Any bright marks are from the flash - all flaws are always described in full. Price includes comprehensive insured air shipping to your door.
This machine. as with all other Featherweights I sell, comes with three vital pieces of special documentation. 1) A certificate giving Singer's official statement of manufacturing date. 2) A guarantee that the machine contains no modern reproduction parts. 3) A dated certificate of electrical safety

According to Singer's production records this machine was born on March 2, 1956

Code: F520

EJ 626111
Made: 1953
Condition 9
-

Price: $1200
including next-day
FedEx delivery

 

Great decals here and a superb gloss paint job. Just the usual light pin marks on the base, of course.
A really sensational machine – and with Singer’s ultimate graduated stitch plate with the anti-glare finish. A machine for the serious seamstress or for a collector’s shelf

Like all my 222 machines we have a re-built motor, which allows me to provide my unrivalled two-year guarantee
Remember, the price includes FedEx Priority shipping to your door.
Good condition original box with no odor.
Machine comes with a range of attachments/feet, a bound photocopy of the original full-size handbook and a packet of Schmetz needles. Fully cleaned inside and out, serviced and sew tested before leaving the workshop. Electrically tested for your safety. Pictures are of the actual machine. Any bright marks are from the flash - all flaws are always described in full.
Price includes comprehensive insured air shipping to your door.
This machine. as with all other Featherweights I sell, comes with three vital pieces of special documentation. 1) A certificate giving Singer's official statement of manufacturing date. 2) A guarantee that the machine contains no modern reproduction parts. 3) A dated certificate of electrical safety
According to Singer's production records this machine was born on March 3, 1954
Code: F522

EP 542365
Made: 1959
Condition: 8+

Price: $1100
including next-day
FedEx delivery

Great paintwork on this machine and, like on all my Featherweights, the chrome is perfect.
The reason it drops a little down the condition scale is some decal-wear on one corner of the extension plate.
That’s it - otherwise the machine is in really pristine condition with just the lightest of pin marks visible on the bed.
All the usual Featherweight 222 attributes, of course: the lowering feed dogs for freehand embroidery; the graduated stitch plate and, most important of all, the slide-off bed for freearm use.
And, just a reminder, as with all my 222 Freearms this machine comes with a totally re-built motor to Singer’s original 110-volt US electrical specification.
It’s ready to plug in and sew.

Good strong box, complete with accessory tray.  
Machine comes with a full range of attachments/feet, a bound photocopy of the original full-size handbook and a packet of Schmetz needles.
Fully cleaned inside and out, serviced and sew tested before leaving the workshop.
Electrically tested for your safety. Pictures are of the actual machine. Any bright marks are from the flash - all flaws are always described in full. Price includes comprehensive insured air shipping to your door.
This machine. as with all other Featherweights I sell, comes with three vital pieces of special documentation. 1) A certificate giving Singer's official statement of manufacturing date. 2) A guarantee that the machine contains no modern reproduction parts. 3) A dated certificate of electrical safety

According to Singer's production records this machine was born on September 22, 1959

Code: F531

EK 633406  
Made: 1955
Condition: 8+

Price: $1100
including next-day
FedEx delivery

 

One of the earliest 222 models to come off the Singer production at the main factory in Glasgow, Scotland, this Freearm Featherweight has survived the years well with just a tad of thinning over half an inch on the rear decal.
| Paintwork is great with just the inevitable light pin marking on the base and the chrome is as bright as it was all those years ago.
This is a fabulous little machine ready to go to work in the hands of the seamstress or the quilter or simply to sit on a collector’s shelf to be admired.
Just a reminder, all my 222 machines are supplied with fully re-built motors (about the only part to get tired over the years) and allow me to give a full two-year guarantee.
Good strong box, complete with accessory tray.  
Machine comes with a full range of attachments/feet, a bound photocopy of the original full-size handbook and a packet of Schmetz needles.
Fully cleaned inside and out, serviced and sew tested before leaving the workshop.
Electrically tested for your safety. Pictures are of the actual machine. Any bright marks are from the flash - all flaws are always described in full. Price includes comprehensive insured air shipping to your door.
This machine. as with all other Featherweights I sell, comes with three vital pieces of special documentation. 1) A certificate giving Singer's official statement of manufacturing date. 2) A guarantee that the machine contains no modern reproduction parts. 3) A dated certificate of electrical safety

According to Singer's production records this machine was born on August 16, 1955

Code: F529

EM 605625 
Made: 1957
Condition 8

Price: $900
including next-day
FedEx delivery

A great-condition machine with just the slightest of thinning on the front decal and perhaps more than the average number of pin marks on the base.
Live with those small defects and there’s a substantial saving to be made here.
Be assured that this machine receives the same thorough workshop time as more-expensive models and carries the same two-year guarantee
Like all my Freearm models, this machine comes with a totally re-built 110-volt motor - meaning plug in and sew in North America. These motors are re-built for us by an ex-Singer technician and carry their own two-year warranty.
Good condition original box with no odor.

Machine comes with a range of attachments/feet, a bound photocopy of the original full-size handbook and a packet of Schmetz needles. Fully cleaned inside and out, serviced and sew tested before leaving the workshop. Electrically tested for your safety. Pictures are of the actual machine. Any bright marks are from the flash - all flaws are always described in full.
Price includes comprehensive insured air shipping to your door.
This machine. as with all other Featherweights I sell, comes with three vital pieces of special documentation. 1) A certificate giving Singer's official statement of manufacturing date. 2) A guarantee that the machine contains no modern reproduction parts. 3) A dated certificate of electrical safety
According to Singer's production records this machine was born on August 2, 1957
Code: F523

EJ 619310 
Made: 1954
Condition 9

Price: $1300
including next-day
FedEx delivery

The decals on this machine are superb, as is the paintwork.
Of course, there are light marks on the base but none of these have extended through the protective layer into that jet-black paintwork beneath.
Check out the reflection in the pictures. Like all my 222s, this machine comes with a re-built 110-volt motor ready to plug-in-and-sew in North America.
And, yes, like all my 222s it will have a totally-rebuilt 110 volt motor ready to plug in and sew, with two-year guarantee.
Good condition original box with no odor.

Machine comes with a range of attachments/feet, a bound photocopy of the original full-size handbook and a packet of Schmetz needles.
Fully cleaned inside and out, serviced and sew tested before leaving the workshop.
Electrically tested for your safety.
Pictures are of the actual machine. Any bright marks are from the flash - all flaws are always described in full.
Price includes comprehensive insured air shipping to your door.
This machine. as with all other Featherweights I sell, comes with three vital pieces of special documentation. 1) A certificate giving Singer's official statement of manufacturing date. 2) A guarantee that the machine contains no modern reproduction parts. 3) A dated certificate of electrical safety
According to Singer's production records this machine was born on March 31, 1954
Code: F530

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