Hello, All!
A good friend gave me her aunt's treadle Wheeler and Wilson that originally reigned on a sheep ranch in Oregon for several years. It has the serial number of 2341945 and the last patent on it is 8/18/1885.? There is an S in the middle of the WW's so I wonder if it is a nod to Singer. It has the coffin top. This machine runs well now that I added a belt. I have rubbed sewing machine oil on it. What is a best way to get rust off the plate? Way back when, people used to soak machines in kerosene to clean them up.? Would that be appropriate for this machine?
Can I brighten up the gold lettering? Since this machine's cabinet has spent the last several years holding potted plants as a living room decorative, how do I refinish the water rings left on the top board and the splinters on the edges?
How hard is it to get needles? Can these needles be sharpened?? Has anyone considered creating them via a company like Shapeways that mades 3D copies of designs sent to them?
?I have another treadle machine, a 1910 Singer Cabinet model I have had for several years.? I am looking forward to exploring how this Wheeler and Wilson compares to it. Ironically, my dad threw away the two treadle machines at the house when he became in charge, saying that nobody would be interested in them now that electricity had come to the farm.
Thank you for creating this group and letting me join.?
Betty Fitzsimmons
Betty and Dan