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Re: Book case cabinet
Phyllis, Congrats on a wonderful find! I? saw Carter Bay's collection and this item was, in fact, wonderful to see. I recall the cabinet more than the machine! Maria Smoky Mountains of Tennessee
By Maria Goetz · #3027 ·
Book case cabinet
I have a Sewing Machine No Kill Shelter and try not to add to my collection. Today I brought home a cabinet on my Sewing Machine Bucket List. My sewing machine collection is good sized (more than
By Phyllis in Iowa · #3026 ·
Re: Help with a Number 8 please
Hello,? I adore my #8 and I would buy a 2nd for $100 in a heartbeat. I paid $200 for mine and drove about 400 miles roundtrip to get it. I love it. I'm sure you will too.
By jani62 · #3025 ·
Re: Help with a Number 8 please
Hi Steve; The #8 W&W takes the 126x1 needle. This is the round shank needle (without flat) as used in the #9's. It has a 1.75mm shank with length to eye of 38.9mm. the "standard" needle known
By Miller Fulks · #3024 ·
Re: Help with a Number 8 please
stephen hill; i have a no 8... they usually are priced at nearly $300 here, if one can be found. what i like about mine, well, One of the things, is that it has 2 locations for the belt, on both the
By [email protected] · #3023 ·
Help with a Number 8 please
Hi Miller and all you good folks on here. I have two number 9s , a hand and a threadle and now a rare ( for Ireland ) number 8 has come on the market. If I purchase it's going to cost me over 100
By Steve Hill · #3022 ·
Re: Restoring a #1
Jose; Sorry about that, I had just put them on as attachments to my E-mail. I had failed to note the address & thought I was replying to you privately, but then realized it was through the forum & I
By Miller Fulks · #3021 ·
Re: Restoring a #1
Thanks, Miller. Your extremely precise description is far more than I was expecting!? In fact, my machine has only got what you call the ¡°latch¡±. Push button is missing but, as it¡¯s similar to
By J.C. Verdegay · #3020 ·
Re: Restoring a #1
Jose; I am attaching 5 pictures of the box lat5ch on my machine. The machine was not in an ideal position nor did I have the best lighting for really good ones, but I believe they will probably
By Miller Fulks · #3019 ·
Re: Restoring a #1
Hi, Miller. Thank you for your help! Just to clarify, my sewing machine in restoring process is a #1 (as you perfectly describe, with silver plated arms), and with raised bed base; I call it ¡°type
By J.C. Verdegay · #3018 ·
Re: Restoring a #1
Hi Jose; Perhaps I can help you with part of your questions. rom the time Allen Wilson had perfected his rotary hook machine using the curved needle around 1852 all of these machines were essentially
By Miller Fulks · #3017 ·
Re: W&W industrial Irons
Dean, I've been trying to contact you.? Please contact me off list Cheryl jncparker4@...
By Cheryl · #3016 ·
Restoring a #1
Hi all. I joined this group many months ago but, as this is my first post, let me previously introduce myself. My name is Jos¨¦-Carlos and I¡¯m living in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). I am a
By J.C. Verdegay · #3015 ·
Re: Thrilled with my new WW 9
Hi Sandra;That Aug 223, 1894 patent was US patent #527,915. It described a dual purpose needlebar which could use either the round shank or flat shank needles. Illustrated & described is the plain
By Miller Fulks · #3014 ·
Re: Thrilled with my new WW 9
Thanks, Miller. Have not had time to work with this machine much this week other than to check it out. The looper did have a better stitch on my older WW9 than the later one. I compared the fine
By Sandra Scott · #3013 ·
Re: Thrilled with my new WW 9
Hi Sandra; I have 5 W&W treadles. A #3, #8, #9 & a D-9 drop head. The 5th came to me as irons only so not certain as to its ancestry. It has a regular sized, not the larger industrial, bandwheel
By Miller Fulks · #3012 ·
Re: Thrilled with my new WW 9
Yes, both of my WW9's have the last patent date of March 25, 1890. My other one is not as nice with serial # 245955. The looper must need the chain stitch needle plate to work, which I have also. The
By Sandra Scott · #3011 ·
Re: Thrilled with my new WW 9
Hi Sandra; Great find there. My very first W&W was also a #9 which I obtained from the Granddaughter of the original owner. She knew her Grandmother married in 1891 & bought the machine After she
By Miller Fulks · #3010 ·
Re: Thrilled with my new WW 9
I didn't know that W&W made chain stitch attachments. Do you have pics??
By D Page · #3009 ·
Thrilled with my new WW 9
I found a WW 9 treadle with really nice decals, serial number 308992. The irons are marked Wheeler Wilson, none of my other 5 WW irons are marked. I bought it from the original owners great grandson.
By Sandra Scott · #3008 ·