possible FW acquisition

Don't know about the S, but I believe the K stands for Kilbowie - that's in Scotland - where the machine was made :-)

Check out the following link, although I give no guarantee on the correctness!

You are one very lucky lady :-)

Hanne in London

The S must be for Singer, I'd think.

Does this mean I can't use it in the US? :(

Val

Howdy!

Oh, that FW. I thought you were going to try to acquire Fort Worth, and that ain't gonna' work, no way, I'm hangin' on to it!

Good luck w/ your Singer, Val. Make your ol' school mate something nice w/ it, maybe a bag to carry her charcoal chalk in. ;-P

Ragmop/Sandy== in n.Tx. where it is not raining ... so far... today...

Oh sure, just hand the Europeans a wide open beg opportunity! (G)

Did your gramma never use it in the US? I always assumed that the main reason that the motors on most old machines are so easy to take off and put on is because they were shipped everywhere. Lord knows it wasn't because the motors wear out easily!

NightMist

Woah.

That's a treasure.

The 222 is the free arm version of the FW.

The K means it was made in Kilbowie Scotland.

The Red "S" is the rarest 222......very few have them.

The last one I knew of that sold on eBay went for over $3,000.

-Irene

remember it's not just a case of making the plug fit, you also have to switch the voltage, some items have a switch on them, but I've never seen one on a sewing machine, some have wiring inside that can be changed if you have the knowledge, or you can buy a transformer, it's a lot more expensive than just an adapter, but a lot cheaper than a sewing machine, they come in different power ratings, so you need to get one that is able to cope with the current a sewing machine draws. Anne

Val,

No, I think you are fine, many machines (of different kinds, not just sewing machines!) were made in Europe (or elsewhere) and shipped to somewhere else - made for that market :-)

In fact, the link I gave before, that guy is in the UK but will sell to the US also - some of his machines are already wired for the US, and if not, he will change it for a price. Some of his machines have been wired for the UK by him from US wiring, because it needed rewiring anyway.

Like someone else said, was it used in the US before, and also see what it says on the machine/box/instruction manual.

Hanne in London

The RED S means it should be a pale greenish white machine, and a higher tec version of the FW. It should have a two-tone box and a'white' belt. The 222K is the free-arm version, as far as I am aware. I didn't know they made white ones!

Wasn''t the red S for thier centennial year? Or did it say centennial on the plaque?

Cappy