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update from new member with 3 W & W's
I have the "donor" #8 working and used it to make a hanging nest (based on a Nancy's Notions idea) to hold the instruction book and other bits. ?It sewed okay except for skipping a stitch here and
By elviby · #3562 ·
Re: Daddy Dean
Kathy In our opinion, a bit of invasion of privacy. Also, he does not live in the address I had, nor the one he moved to, as far as I can tell. Now the last post in any group or conversation we see is
By Maria Goetz · #3561 ·
Re: Daddy Dean
Can someone send police to his home to do a ¡°Wellness check¡±?
By KathyC · #3560 ·
Daddy Dean
We have not been able to locate Dean, but in my last correspondence with him, he stated that someone was holding a W&W 3 he purchased in 2015. If you are holding it, please contact me directly. Will
By Maria Goetz · #3559 ·
Needles for Model 9
I recently ordered needles for an Amish lady for her machine.? In the meantime she found some old needles in a cabinet and she doesn't need the ones I purchased.? If someone is interested, please
By Susan Willard · #3558 ·
Re: Introducing Margie
Hi Mary;I have three attachments which I bought together that Ave Simanco on them along with a 6-digit part number. Two are hemmers, one marked 3/32 & the other 1/8. The other is a ruffler of a type I
By Miller Fulks · #3557 ·
Re: Introducing Margie
I just checked and my #12 seems to just do a back tack. The only piece I found with a name was a feller with Simanco on it.? There is another feller in the box with a worn out screw hole.? I am
By maryl_also · #3556 ·
Re: Introducing Margie
Mary & Mike;No reason at all to feel Foolish. The feed dogs were undoubtedly at a point that when the feed was reversed they dropped to some extent which would have led one to believe the lever was
By Miller Fulks · #3555 ·
Re: Introducing Margie
Hi Mary, ? I have a no 12 in the cue to come here overseas and have been trying to answer if that lever is only a back tack lever (like the Davis NVF has) or if it is a true reverse.? If you can
By Michael Kendall · #3554 ·
Re: Introducing Margie
Boy, do I feel foolish.? The lever I thought might be for the feed dogs is the reverse lever. Miller, you can answer me with Mary or Margie.? When I signed up with Yahoo many, many years ago, I used
By maryl_also · #3553 ·
Re: Introducing Margie
mb wrote: For some reason the Smithsonian website doesn't always allow direct links to the documents, and you get that error. When that happens, I find I have to start at the search page and re-find
By Paul Fox · #3552 ·
Re: Introducing Margie
Sorry about that;I was actually answering Margie, not Mary. Miller/TN
By Miller Fulks · #3551 ·
Re: Introducing Margie
Hi Mary; W&W placed their model 12 on the market in 1887. The D-12 followed in 1890. I do not know what change resulted in the D-12 designation. Just as a guess, that 1889 patent covered whatever made
By Miller Fulks · #3550 ·
Re: Introducing Margie
Thank you for the link, Miller.? I have a long arm #12.? I did not know that it has a drop feed.? There is a lever that I could never figure out what it is for.? It doesn't drop the feed all the
By maryl_also · #3549 ·
Re: Introducing Margie
Hi Mary;I get that message occasionally also. Normally I just give it a few minutes & try again & it usually comes right up. I don't really know what that message for additional support means & have
By Miller Fulks · #3548 ·
Re: Introducing Margie
The web site in your message says to contact the OCIO help desk for additional support. What does that mean?
By MB Freeman · #3547 ·
Re: Bobbins
Hi Gill, ?Thanks for letting me know. ? I see folks talking about no 6 industrials and no 12's.? Sure would like to get another 12 and especially a no 6. Best regards,Mike
By Michael Kendall · #3546 ·
Re: Introducing Margie
Hi Margie; I meant to add this link & hit send without doing so. It is a copy of a 1908 Singer/Bridgeport catalog from the Smithsonian site. As you can see Singer was still making a lot of the various
By Miller Fulks · #3545 ·
Re: Introducing Margie
Hi Margie & welcome to the group;Your model #12 is fine. When we first started the group we stated we were limiting it to the family machines. We very shortly changed this rule. There seem to be so
By Miller Fulks · #3544 ·
Re: Bobbins
Hi, just to let you know my bobbins turned out to be for a Jones Spool and a D9. No use to you unfortunately, but I¡¯ve found homes for them. Good luck with your business. Regards, Gill
By GillC · #3543 ·