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Welcome Janice; All of the W&W's are great machines. All except the #8 turn "Backwards". Some of the D-9 models have a little swinging wood block which rides in the groove of the bandwheel & prevents

Welcome! Your sewing journey is a lot like mine. Old Singer treadle until I left home, newer Singer, various other machines, and then I recently happened upon a Wheeler & Wilson (which I had never

Ooops. I said I bought this without a manual. I did get a manual, but hadn't handled it at first as it was quite fragile.

I was delighted to find this group online as I recently purchased a Wheeler & Wilson D9 without a manual. I hope to be able to sew on this machine, and I need help getting it functional. It is close I

Thank you Miller for your thorough explanation and everyone else? jumping in. I am very sorry about the typo on the needle size for the 8.?Singe I'm out all ?day Thursday, ?I'll attempt to try

All of the straight needle W&W Family machines thread right to left. When installing the needle thus the long groove goes to the right, scarf to the left. Even if threaded in the right direction they

one little issue that i discovered this last week... i must have installed the needle in backwards because it just made a few stitches and then thread broke.. did not look right on the bottom

Boye Tube/Needle #27 is the correct one for the W&W #8. This needle was formerly known as the 6N1 & more recently as the 126x1. It has a 1.75mm (.069") round shank & is 38.9mm to top of eye. This

I thought the correct boye needle for a #8 is 27. Please correct me if I misunderstood. I have a #8 that I have not tried out yet & don't want to use the wrong needle.

Hi Allison; The set up you describe is actually the most commonly found on the #8. The bobbin case with tension spring is on only a few very late #8 machines. First & foremost it is very important the

Hoping someone (Miller in TN?) ?can help me find the "sweet spot" for loading thebobbin case on an older #8 Wheeler & Wilson -- does NOT have the 8embossed?on it and the bobbin winder is on the

I have my great, great grandmother's library cabinet. Some water damage to the "books" but the cabinet is otherwise perfect. The machine is long gone. I bought a D9 to put in it. I just finished

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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