D9 Hand Machine Stud adjustment
Miller, Dean, anyone; On the D9 hand machine the free standing cap is held on a stud. A screw located on the side can be loosened and the screw driver used to adjust or rotate the stud in place. I
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avs
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Re: Puzzling tension discs.
Hi Helen;There is an old saying of "Never Say Never". That said however to the best of my knowledge W&W "Never" used the disc tension, always the "Wheel" tension system. Extremely early ones applied
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Miller Fulks
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Puzzling tension discs.
Hello all, I am working on a D9 treadle. On dis-assembling the tension device to clean it I discovered that, rather than the joined tension discs I expected to find, there were two seperate discs.
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peeriejewel@...
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Re: Embroidering on the No9 and D9
I would love to hear more about attempts to do embroidery with a D-9. I made a casual try the other day, stitch length to zero, and I tried out a rounded foot with two holes, a larger one forward of
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Liz Blount
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Re: Embroidering on the No9 and D9
That would be great. I have 2, the New No9 with a mother, daughter, and parot-and the other one is of two servants/seamstresses fitting a dress on a women. Both have San Francisco dealer addresses
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avs
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Re: Embroidering on the No9 and D9
Hi Anthony. I have not tired this with any of W&W 9 however I have a trade card where there is picture of dog, that was embroidered on a W&W. I will try to remember to pull my album of W&W cards and
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Daddy Dean
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Embroidering on the No9 and D9
I picked up a trading card the other day, and on the back it described the No9s capabilities; including embroidery. Has anyone successfully embroidered with ease on the No9? Is a special foot
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avs
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Re: Singer 9w7 Bobbin Theory
Anthony;I found a copy of a Singer 9W manual on needlebar. An illustration clearly shows a flat sided bobbin having 8 holes. I therefore suspect you are correct this is the original bobbin used. As to
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Miller Fulks
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Re: Singer 9w7 Bobbin Theory
You cant really tell in the picture, but it feels and looks somewhat different then a 221 bobbin. Also, there is a album in the gallery showing illustrations of W&W bobbins&cases, as well as a Singer
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avs
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Re: Singer 9w7 Bobbin Theory
Based on all documentation, pictures , and my Singer 9w7(which had a bobbin in the case), I have no knowledge of a 9w7 bobbin without holes. My 9w7 had its spool pin jammed behind its faceplate, and
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avs
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Re: Singer 9w7 Bobbin Theory
Hi Anthony;Excellent discussion. There are a few points though I believe need to be clarified.?1st; The 9W7 is listed in the 1908 Singer/Bridgeport catalog along with the 9W1.The 9W1 wears W&W
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Miller Fulks
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Singer 9w7 Bobbin Theory
Not many people are posting as much lately, so I hope to start a conversation or two. I wanted to throw a thought out for debate/second opinion about the Singer9w7 bobbin and why singer switched to it
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avs
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Re: D9 Painting Advice?
Hi, Anthony from northern California. Do you belong to the Vintage Sewing Machine website? If so there's quite a few people that repaint different sewing machines if they are too far gone away. They
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Carol Weaver
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Re: Dating no. 8 treadle
Hi Miller, that makes sense. Thank you for the info? Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S? 5, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
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mama_bea1968 <mama_bea1968@...>
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Re: Singer looks like my D-9
Thank you, Miller! It's wonderful to get such detailed information so generously given. BTW, I did finally get some 127x1 Boye #18 needles which do work in my D-9 (with a good bit of twisting and
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Liz Blount
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Re: Singer looks like my D-9
Liz; As Dean said this is essentially a W&W D-9 machine with just a few mods, one being to fit the Singer cabinets. As it does fit a Singer cabinet & has Singer decals it would have been I believe
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Miller Fulks
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Re: Singer looks like my D-9
Hi Liz, It would use the same attachments and needles. Somewhere along the line Singer changed the bobbin style to one like that used in the Featherweight and 301. However I am not sure if there is
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Daddy Dean
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Re: Singer looks like my D-9
Thanks, Dean! So do you think this machine would use the W&W foot & needles? Liz
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Liz Blount
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Re: Singer looks like my D-9
Hi Liz, The reason it looks like a W&W is it is a W&W be with the bed redesigned to fit Singer cabinets, and Singer decals. Singer acquired W&W in 1905, but it was several years before the stock of
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Daddy Dean
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Singer looks like my D-9
Except for the spool holder, this Singer looks just like my W&W D-9. I'm sure some of you would be able to make interesting comments. Liz in SC http://columbia.craigslist.org/atq/5709795703.html
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Liz Blount
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