So lovely to hear a New Zealand voice in the vintage sewing machine world. Horrified at converting a FW 221 to a jigsaw but also slightly impressed at the ingenious nature of the conversion,
Oh my goodness that is so crazy. I'm not into vintage machines but I did inherit a featherweight myself that was running pretty well. I took it apart cleaned it greased it oiled it and did everything I could to bring it back to pristine condition and sold it. I think it's important to preserve these old gals. it didn't upset me but it made me laugh that someone converted it to a saw. I would have loved to see it demonstrated running as a saw lol
If I've understood scroll saw blades correctly, they're so thin that they need to cut on a pull stroke. With only a passive guide down below, this saw may always have been doomed.
Interestingly, this sewing machine does not appear to have been abused. Whoever converted it didn't throw it around like a vulgar black-and-decker jigsaw. My guess is that it's been used for veneer inlay, a craft that requires finesse.
So lovely to hear a New Zealand voice in the vintage sewing machine world. Horrified at converting a FW 221 to a jigsaw but also slightly impressed at the ingenious nature of the conversion,
I've heard of this being done but have never actually seen it in action. So fortunate to find that donor machine.
Yes, I couldn't have done this without the donor machine. I have more videos coming for this series.
Oh my! 😯 There are no words. Good on you for taking this on.
Thank you!
Oh my goodness that is so crazy. I'm not into vintage machines but I did inherit a featherweight myself that was running pretty well. I took it apart cleaned it greased it oiled it and did everything I could to bring it back to pristine condition and sold it. I think it's important to preserve these old gals. it didn't upset me but it made me laugh that someone converted it to a saw. I would have loved to see it demonstrated running as a saw lol
I may try to find another blade to replace the one I broke when trying to demo it.
Will be intresting to follow this work!
Thanks. Keep an eye out for more videos.
Sacrilégio!
If I've understood scroll saw blades correctly, they're so thin that they need to cut on a pull stroke. With only a passive guide down below, this saw may always have been doomed.
Wow. What the heck
Interestingly, this sewing machine does not appear to have been abused. Whoever converted it didn't throw it around like a vulgar black-and-decker jigsaw. My guess is that it's been used for veneer inlay, a craft that requires finesse.
Ok seeing this done to a centennial featherweight is... Yeah kind of brain breaking.
...but also I want to know how well that works.