New Member. Thanks for adding me.
Thanks for adding me to your group. I picked up a Wheeler and Wilson machine last week.? The tag says 1858 but I was told it is a 1867. No badge and it looks like the some of the parts might be
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Beka
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Re: Welcome
Miller, Thanks for this. To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 9, 2018 5:47 AM Subject: Re: [Wheeler_and_Wilson-Sewing-Machines] Welcome Robb;No problem at all, that's
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JOHN WROBEL
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Re: Welcome
Robb;No problem at all, that's what we are here for. Feel absolutely free to ask any questions you may have. This should be a great machine, it is in affect a W&W D-9 made under Singer ownership. I
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Miller Fulks
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#3219
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Re: Welcome
wouldnt surprise me - as I am discovering - when taking apart to clean everything extensively - all singer part numbers - all internal parts.? Just nothing on the outside.? - I think its kinda cool!
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Robb Ransom III <robbtheshirtless@...>
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#3218
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Re: Welcome
Sorry to be so long getting back on this. Remember when Singer took possession of W&W there would have been many machine in production, from some just starting to others near completion. There would
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Miller Fulks
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Re: Welcome
Thanks for the information - I just re-checked the part #'s listed all over the machine and they show typical singer numbers.? On the needle plate it says 202097 on the Bobbin thread holder it says:
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Robb Ransom III <robbtheshirtless@...>
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#3216
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Re: Welcome
Sorry to horn in, but my D-9 also has a serial number that starts with a three--3082422. The only number I see on the needle plate other than the numbers directly beneath the lines is a 9-2. But
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Angela
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Re: Welcome
Robb;My personal belief is that all W&W D-9's? having a serial number starting with a 3 were in fact built under Singer ownership between 1905 & about 1908, although I have not been able to
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Miller Fulks
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Welcome
Thanks for having me - I just acquired a W&W W9 D-9 head & irons yesterday with the SN 3,089,214. Any way to date it? The Slide Plate doesnt list Singer or Wheeler & Wilson on it. I live in Phoenix,
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Robb Ransom III <robbtheshirtless@...>
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Re: Nos. 1-4 Glass Presser Feet
Miller: Thanks for these, they were quite interesting. I think I have worked out how the glass-insert presser feet changed over time.? It looks like there were two configurations, a first that used a
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Carl
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Re: Nos. 1-4 Glass Presser Feet
Carl;I have simply not measured all those dimensions on mine s cannot say what they are. If this link works you might find this "Ladies Almanac" interesting, published 1867 & includes catalog
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Miller Fulks
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Re: Nos. 1-4 Glass Presser Feet
Thanks you guys for getting back to me.? I suspect there is something fairly complicated going on here.? I have two machines that I think are both no.3s: a first that I found in an antique store in
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Carl
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#3210
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Re: Nos. 1-4 Glass Presser Feet
There were both offset & centered. My 1860 #1 is offset.? To the best of my memory an 1872 #3 is centered. The needle itself did not change, there was only the one needle offered for all the curved
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Miller Fulks
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#3209
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Re: Nos. 1-4 Glass Presser Feet
Mine is centered
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William L Vanderburg <Army30th@...>
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#3208
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Nos. 1-4 Glass Presser Feet
I am about to make up a set of CAD drawings for the glass presser foot of my no.3.? I notice that the needle hole in it is offset, i.e., it does not lie on the lateral center line of the insert.
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Carl
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#3207
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Re: New member
The Wheeler and Wilson Facebook group is at this link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1838495603134270/ Log into Facebook | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/groups/1838495603134270/>
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Janice D Green
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Re: New member
Any and all enthusiasts are welcome. This event will be open to the public. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MissouriTOGA/conversations/messages That is our Yahoo page with info. There is also a
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Cheryl
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#3205
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Re: New member
Pardon me for intruding, but Ava is only an hour from my home. Would another enthusiast be welcome at that TOGA gathering? Thanks, Dennis
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D Page
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Re: New member
I truly appreciate all the information! We will see if we can arrange schedules to attend.i got my D9 back together and started treadling today! Tweaking adjustments on tension but she feels great and
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Shirley Atkinson
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Re: New member
Shirley;A while off yet but our TN/TOGA is held in Winchester TN each year about the first weekend of Aug (Thu-Sat). It is hosted by Diane Lowe (Di) who is a member here as well as TreadleOn, A most
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Miller Fulks
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