Hi All; Everyone has been quite for a while so thought I would start a general topic. Some of these will be W&W specific, others not. Feel free to comment or add other you have heard.
Myth #1; A machine can be dated by its patent dates, Wrong! My W&W 1872 #3 treadle has patents back to 1850, My 1924 W&G Automatic has patent dates going back more than 40 years.
Myth #2; All rotary machines turn over Backwards IE the handwheel turns away from you, Wrong! A W&W? #8 rotary, Standard rotary, Singer 115? rotary Singer 221 (FW) rotary, among others, all rotate toward you.
Myth #3; W&W made a model W9, Wrong! They made a No 9 & a D-d while Singer made a 9W but neither to the best I have been able to find ever referred to one of their machines as a W9.
Myth #4: The D in a W&W model stands for Domestic, Wrong! The D-9 was the only "Family" machine with a D in the model designation. Several of their industrial models had a D. A couple of examples are the D-10 & D-12. These machines were all follow-ups of the same numbered models with some improvement designed & patented by Wilbur F Dial. Apparently the D was in tribute to Mr dial.
Myth #5; When Singer brought out the Back Clamp foot on their model 66 they Copied the W&W foot, Wrong! They may, or may not, have been influenced by it but did not Copy it. The W&W foot is not a back clamp but a mid-mount foot.
Got to leave for now, this is the last night of a Gospel Meeting where I worship. Speaker is a Gigantic man who measures Exactly 4 feet tall. His wife is kinda short though, she fall a bit short of him.?
Add a few myths you have heard. Miller/TN
gigantic man who measures Exactly 4 feet tall. His wife is some shorter than him though.?
Deb