Repairing a Featherweight Sewing Machine?
The Singer Featherweight is an excellent machine! Yours may need grease in some of its internal gears and oil in all its other thirsty places. Here is a great blog post about cleaning and lubricating your Featherweight: http://jillybejoyful.blogspot.com/2011...
Repairing a Featherweight Sewing Machine?
I also forgot to mention in my previous post, that you may want to check the carbon brushes in your motor. There is an access port under the machine. There are instructional videos on YouTube that show how to check/replace carbon brushes in motors.