Re: Intro, new W&W No.8 owner
Paul, So interesting! Great writing and pix on your web site. Liz
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Liz Blount
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Re: Intro, new W&W No.8 owner
treadle&gears wrote: Thanks!! I knew as soon as I opened the drawer and saw them, while examining the machien before buying, that it was a good purchase. It is. Oddly, it's the only part of the irons
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Paul Fox
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Re: Intro, new W&W No.8 owner
Welcome! You are very lucky to get the glass feet. I also have an 8, but only a chipped 9 foot. Is your bobbin winder on the irons? 8s are really excellent machines. Maybe when your puppies are less
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Treadle&Gears
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Intro, new W&W No.8 owner
Hello, all. Many thanks to Miller for helping me get subscribed -- it took a while, but I'm here now. I've always liked sewing machines, since watching my mother with her old black Singer (whose exact
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Paul Fox
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Pending Members
Hi All; All of you who were having trouble with membership check your status. Even though I kept getting there were no pending members I did find a list of 18 names which were separate from the
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Miller Fulks
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Re: Sewing Machine Myths
Lee;Excellent & informative post. I have never figured out why so many think the larger bandwheel of an industrial treadle will give More Power, when as you pointed out is the exact opposite.? I
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Miller Fulks
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Re: Sewing Machine Myths
Stepping firmly out of genre .. Industrial Machines 1.You need to have an industrial treadle to peddle an industrial machine. False .. White Sit Straight treadles and W&W treadles with the drive wheel
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lee copp
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Re: Sewing Machine Myths
This is fun! I did not know about the D! K
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Treadle&Gears
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Re: Sewing Machine Myths
Myth #6;?The thread check is to add extra tension to the upper thread, Wrong!Depending upon the exact location & type some thread checks will add just a wee bit of tension, others add none at all.
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Miller Fulks
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Re: Sewing Machine Myth
Deb;I remember Too Well several years ago I carried my #8 treadle to the TN TOGA. First day there among my Socializing Etc I tried to do some sewing on it, could not get it to make a stitch. I had
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Miller Fulks
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Re: Sewing Machine Myth
I remember getting my first #8. I cleaned and buff the cabinet,? cleaned, oiled the head, put on the new belt and was bummed that I couldn't get it to take a stitch. Cryed to Steve that I couldn't
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Deb
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Re: Sewing Machine Myths
This was great! Thanks!
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Shirley Atkinson
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Re: Sewing Machine Myths
Enjoyed this throughly! On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 7:28 PM, Miller Fulks<miller@...> wrote: Hi All; Everyone has been quite for a while so thought I would start a general topic. Some of
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Deb
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Sewing Machine Myths
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
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Miller Fulks
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Re: Florida W&W Treadlers
Just to clarify, the gathering is for all Florida treadlers, not just those with W&W treadle machines.
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Teresa N Florida
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Re: Florida W&W Treadlers
Hi Teresa; Sure wish I was able to attend, would be great to meet with other W&W fans. Any one there with a W&W who is not a member of our W&W IO group be sure to encourage them to join us. Miller/TN
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Miller Fulks
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Florida W&W Treadlers
If any of you are Florida W&W Treadlers and would like to attend the next Florida TOGA (Treadle On Gathering and Academy), let me know. It is scheduled for Saturday July 28, 2018 (9am til 6pm) in
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Teresa N Florida
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Re: W&W in Book
Great little story, thanks To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2018 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [Wheeler_and_Wilson-Sewing-Machines] W&W in Book Your book about the war
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JOHN WROBEL
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Re: W&W in Book
Your book about the war between the states sounds fascinating! I had family that I know of that fought for the north but I'm pretty sure with a little bit more research I could find family that also
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Carol Weaver
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W&W in Book
As I am a fan of "The War Between the States" my Granddaughter gave me a book this past Christmas entitled "Blue & Gray". I had read it but missed this. My Wife was reading it today & called me to
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Miller Fulks
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