Re: New member.
Hi Cheryl. My sister had only 1 D9 bobbin and after looking around for a few days, yours were the only ones I found. Thanks for listing them. Do you happen to have the bobbin cover slide plate on your
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Michael Taylor
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Re: New member.
Hello, my name is Elda and own both a WW9 "transition from 8" (someone told me it was called? that because it has a 9 but it uses the bobbin system just like the WW8) and a WW D9. I am interested in
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Elda Atilano
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Re: New member.
Hi, I'm replying to Michael Taylor. I'm Cheryl Emrick. I think I'm the one who sold you the 4 bobbins for your D9, from CT. I bought the W&W D9 for the cabinet. I have the sewing machine but seemed
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cturtle313@...
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#3640
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Re: New member.
Thanks! I also need some information on the 9W-7. The serial # is W25543. This machine was listed for some time and I ignored it because of W serial number, assuming that is was an early donut bobbin
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Michael Taylor
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Re: New member.
Hi Mike; The best I have been able to determine is that all W&W D-9s will have a 7-digit serial number which will be between 2,200,000 & 3,000,000. If the 7-digit number begins with a 3 it will have
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Miller Fulks
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#3638
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Re: New member.
Interesting about the Singer 9W1s with WW decals. The serial number on the D9(?) is 2585460. Is there a way to know if this machine was made after Singer took over? I would really hate to tell her
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Michael Taylor
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Re: New member.
Hi Mike; Welcome to the group. The D-9 & 9W7 are both excellent machines. The D-9s were made from 1895 through 1905. After Singer bought W&W they first made the 9W1 which still wore W&W decals & fit
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Miller Fulks
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#3636
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New member.
Hi. I¡¯m Mike. I¡¯ve just got finished reviving a D9 my sister brought down from her last visit. I like it so much that I bought a cheap ($40) Singer 9W-7 on eBay that fits one of my singer cabinets
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Michael Taylor
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W & W No1 Bobbin
Hi from Australia - Many thanks to a forum member here in Australia I now have a needle for my No 1, but still on the look-out for a bobbin. So far everything I've seen on ebay has been priced out of
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Ian MacGillicuddy
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#3634
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Upper tension issues on Jones Spool
I¡¯ve acquired a second Jones Spool, an early one with the same tension pulley system as the W & W 9. ?The upper tension is tight and proving difficult to adjust. ?On dismantling both my Spools¡¯
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GillC
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#3633
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Help! Long story short...
hi all! I¡¯ve been here before, lost my pw (no surprise). I am soooo geographically challenged. I bought a WW model 1 thinking it was an hour away, and of course it¡¯s 5.5 hours away, and my license
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KathyC
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#3632
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Ian in Australia's photos
Finally managed to upload some pics - drag and drop doesn't work, have to double click each pic. As you can see the No. 1 even with a good clean still shows its "patina" but will sew once I track down
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Ian MacGillicuddy
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Re: New Member in Australia
Hello Ian & Claire and welcome....I am also in Australia actually in Adelaide. I joined ISMACS back in about 1996-97 or there about's, could be even earlier but the memory is not that good anymore. I
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Lee
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Re: Photo Album
Hi Debbie;The serial number says it is 1864. At some point in the 1860s the bronze medallion was added to the base plate,? but don't know the exact date for this. Your's doesn't have it. "Most" of
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Miller Fulks
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Re: Photo Album
Managed to add some photos. ?I would like to figure out the best way to clean and restore without damaging it. ?I was told 1861 I believe. ?But I was also told that the model numbers were not too
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Debbie Wines
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Photo Album
Uploaded photos, please look at them and help me figure out what I need to complete and restore this.
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Debbie Wines
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New Member in Australia
Hi, my name is Ian and I live near Sydney in Australia. My wife Claire and I have been collecting old sewing machines for nearly 40 years, starting when we were living in the UK (we were some of the
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Ian MacGillicuddy
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Re: Rare W&W machines
Lee;Thanks for those measurements. Yes, they very closely match my measurements in the inch system so it does appear the larger plate is a time frame situation & not a factor of it being a wide bed
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Miller Fulks
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Re: Rare W&W machines
Hi Jon Thank you for that link. Lee
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Lee
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Re: Rare W&W machines
Hi Miller My reference to the W&W serial numbers was from the Needlebar dating book that they published in 2003, I was part of that group back then. They state the source of the serial numbers was in
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Lee
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