Your welcome. If you want to buy the featherweight book, it has a partial manual in it. This is one of the websites that sells it. Colleen

Here is a link that might be useful: Featherweight the Perfect Portable

You also can view and print out a copy of the manual from this web site. One other quirk of the 221 is not to turn the hand wheel in the reverse direction. You will tangle up the threads so bad you won't be able to get them out without some dismantling. Otherwise, they are user friendly - have fun!
Elaine

Here is a link that might be useful: 221 manual

Remember, on the 221 the machine needle flat side does not face toward the back, it faces toward the left. This is different from many of today's modern machines.

Teresa

Thanks so much for all the info. It's so wonderful to have you all to turn to for help. I'm so glad that I signed on to this forum.

does anyone know where I can get my FW painted with automotive paint?