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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New member
Steve from Missouri. ?Thank you for letting me join this group. ?I don¡¯t own any of these machines yet but will keep my eyes open. Have a great day.
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Steve
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Re: wow, I found it!
welcome back!! judy in so cal ____________________________________________________________ We Say Goodbye To Lara Spencer risingstarnewspaper.com
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[email protected]
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Re: wow, I found it!
Hi Kathi & Welcome; Glad you found us. Incidentally my maternal Grandmother's maiden name was Edwards. She grew up & lived her life in the southern end of Rutherford County TN. She married Miller
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Miller Fulks
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wow, I found it!
I was just added to another newly created io group and in exploring, I found this group!? I haven't been able to access it before because I lost the instruction I had printed out. So YAY!? Hi,
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Kathi
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Re: New Member
Hi Miller, What you need is another moderator. That moderator needs to know a bit about computers so that they can work the site for you. I'm sure there are several qualified people on this list that
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Cheryl
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New Member
Hi All; I have been contacted by one trying to join our group. The records on the home page show him as being approved on Apr 8 but he is unable to post, gets a membership pending message. Is anyone
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Miller Fulks
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Re: New Member
Welcome, Paula. ? I am in East Tennessee also, southeast of Knoxville, near the mountains.? Recently had a new collector, Debbie, visit. Hope you can do so also. ? Contact me off list, if you are
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Maria Goetz
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New Member
Hello, my name is Paula and I am from East TN.i have several antique machines, and 1 is a Wheeler & Wilson #9. It is in a beautiful 7 drawer cabinet. I am very interested in the history of these
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Tnppierce3@...
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Re: New to me W&W 9
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Miller Fulks
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Re: New to me W&W 9
Sheri; The patent number on thart dual purpose needlebar is 527915. You can look it up on the US patent office site or a site I prefer is; http://www.pat2pdf.org/If using this site you will have to
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Miller Fulks
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Re: New to me W&W 9
Ok, it took me some time after what you told me and additional research on that patent. In theory all needlbars with the Oct 1894 patent date should take either round or flat shank needles but the
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Sheri Hill
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Re: Wheeler and Wilspn #6 Manual and request for help.
Hi , Thanks for your information. The references I have seen were primarily on Alex Askaroffs Sight. There apparently was both a domestic model the #6 and the industrial models #6 heavy which would
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lyanne ornstein
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Re: New to me W&W 9
Hi Sheri; Thanks for the compliment. The W&W machines became my favorites some 10-12 years ago, I began trying my best to acquire as much knowledge on them as I could find. When Dean invited me to
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Miller Fulks
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Re: New to me W&W 9
Wow, you really are an incredible wealth of knowledge Miller! My needlebar does have the Oct 23, 1894 date on it. I probably wouldn't have noticed that hiding up there. I was slightly confused, does
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Sheri Hill
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Re: New to me W&W 9
Hi Sheri:As a best guess I would say it's highly likely your needle-bar has been switched over the years to the newer type. First look very closely at the very top of the bar. All of these bars I have
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Miller Fulks
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