Re: Free: W&W mirror-front parlor cabinet
Paul, I have a nine, but no idea what year it is and whether it not it would fit. I'm just south of Boston in Weymouth MA. If anyone here (or you, Paul) can let me know if it would fit, I'd love to
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LISA A
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Free: W&W mirror-front parlor cabinet
Confession: I kind of screwed up a week or two ago, because I don't
know enough about the differences between the No.9 variants. It turns
out that some cabinets made specifically for the D-9 won't
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Paul Fox
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Re: Woodworm - IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT, GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN
This is the kind of wood my uncle, a wood turner, use to look for. It could make some beautiful pen and pencil sets. The method you use is the same as I recall him using to then kill the
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Carol Tallytwo Kio
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Re: Manuals that have been soaked in oil - how I removed the oil
Hi
Cornstarch a much safer method than the gas oven.
I was lucky finding online manuals to read and just preserve the ones that
came with the machines.
John
[email protected]> wrote:
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John Harrison
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Re: Success photographing old manuals with my phone
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Calvin Armerding
Chair, International Sewing Machine Collectors Society
"Bother" said Pooh, as he connected at 14.4kbps
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Heresolong
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Re: Manuals that have been soaked in oil - how I removed the oil
I have a no-smoke method of removing old oil from manuals - it worked on my Hartford's transparent pages. I took my oily Hartford manual & put a good layer of *cornstarch* between all the pages, slid
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Katharine Retherford
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Woodworm - IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT, GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN
Hi
Sorry I seem to have a lot to say, my third topic, I guess I am a bit like a BUS
I picked up one of my machines and on the floor was dust powdered wood
The base was off a 1950 singer and paper
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John Harrison
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#4390
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Manuals that have been soaked in oil - how I removed the oil
Hi
Quote
[Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]
He sees neon signs with messages such as "DO NOT BE ALARMED. BE VERY VERY FRIGHTENED, ARTHUR DENT."
Some of my old manuals had been kept in the bottom of
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John Harrison
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#4389
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Success photographing old manuals with my phone
Hi
I did start a reply to a recent WW8 topic and though I should say it here
I used to work with electronic maps and electrical diagrams for cable layout in the street for phone networks for fault
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John Harrison
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Re: Introduction
Thank you Jim! I haven't had time to clean or work on it yet, but hopefully that will be a good winter project. Working on conserving the paperwork, as the manual is in very fragile condition, with
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LISA A
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Re: Introduction
Lisa thank you for the compliments. That's an impressive No. 8 you have, especially with all the documentation, needles, and goodies.
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James Gillis
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Re: Introduction
Welcome Jim, and thanks for sharing that beautiful W&W #8 machine and all the notes! What a gorgeous cabinet and machine. I love that it has so much of the original goodies! I recently got one in it's
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LISA A
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Re: Introduction
Thanks, Paul
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James Gillis
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Re: Introduction
james wrote:
Welcome, Jim. You'll find this is a quiet group. :-)
paul
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paul fox, pgf@... (arlington, ma, where it's 79.0 degrees)
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Paul Fox
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Introduction
Hi All, happy to be here and have access to all the great information and expertise in this group. Some of you may recognize me by my Victorian Sweat Shop user name JRG and signature Jim in Seattle. I
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James Gillis
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Re: Wheeler & Wilson No 8 - How to sell?
Thanks Paul, I'm so used to ISMACS that I forgot there are albums in this group! I'll see if I can figure out how to add an album. When I'm done conserving the manual and scanning it I will add that
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LISA A
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Re: Wheeler & Wilson No 8 - How to sell?
It's clear that a machine with all that ephemera, and "loot", has fallen
into the right hands! Congratulations!
Feel free to create a photo album on the group's groups.io page, if
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Paul Fox
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Re: Wheeler & Wilson No 8 - How to sell?
Hi all! I am the proud new owner of the #8 formerly owned by JoshB in this group. Thanks Josh, she's wonderful, and looks to be all original and pretty much complete. It was a pleasure to meet you!
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LISA A
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Re: Wheeler & Wilson No 8 - How to sell?
Hope this helps, a 90y old Singer service engineer gave me the red book and by coincidence my sister gave me the yellow book more recent updated reprint.
The books contain info about all sewing
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John Harrison
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Re: Wheeler & Wilson No 8 - How to sell?
Serial 139563, 1879.? Tidbit filed for later dating reference since there seems to be so little W&W dating information available.
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Calvin Armerding
Chair, International Sewing Machine Collectors
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Heresolong
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