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Thanks for all your hard work to keep this group going and more efficient/streamlined. I really don't post much but I do read along!

Whew. My mouse hand is tired. Our group photos used to take 1.3Gb of storage. Now they take 323Mb. It took the group 7 years to fill that 323Mb. It hope it's a while until we hit the 1Gb ceiling

Welcome!!! -- Helen DeFoe

Great- thanks, Paul!!! -- Helen DeFoe

Hi -- I've started downloading and re-uploading the contents of all of the albums in our Photos section, in order to reduce our storage footprint. Anything uploaded will be reduced to a max of

Thank you for the kind welcome! I hope you can get back to Turtle Island (North America) again soon. And thanks for the offer of the Optima. ?I don’t need that one, but good looking out! ?Modern

Hi Lifeboat H There is a Husqvarna Optima 610 going spare in Clinton ON originally from the UK and recently blew a capacitor, I got it working since the grease had seized most of the rotating parts. I

Thank you for welcoming me! ?I am new to vintage sewing machines. ?The interest started with a love for Husqvarna sewing machines, and I went and bought a 6020 from 1967 or so, then a Class 12 from

Hi John, ? Very nice pictures and story of ingenuity.? Thanks for sharing.? The family watched a Netflix movie "The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind" last night and it was an incredible true story of

Thanks for the tips. Michael Kendall The previous owner had glued the broken bit onto the wood base; the break occurred through the rear stitch length screw hole. When in use you do not notice the

Hello, ? I have a couple no 8's in our herd of W&W's.? One was cracked across the bed on the rear some time long ago.? The bed on the no 8 is thinner than what I am used to on machines.? I believe

I do not have any spare parts but could fabricate a new one easy enough, Blacksmiths and welders are not gone we are just harder to find. If you have both pieces it could be breezed or maybe welded,

Thanks John.? I may have found a replacement.? Will know soon.? I will keep your idea of using angle iron and modifying that as a backup.? It is steel, not cast iron.

I would make a new one out of steel, you need to find a fabrication shop or even a handy garage. We would used some flat steel and mig welder and grind it to shape and then drill (Family run

I have a broken hinge bracket for a W&W D9 treadle. It is the right side hinge for the machine lift. The bracket has a pin in it that goes into the side of the frame and is what allows the support

Thanks for the links! I cleaned it up, but my needles are late so I can't find out if it sews yet. Next will be tackling the table, which is a bit daunting. I'm not good at woodwork things.

christy m strand wrote: Welcome! They're great machines. I found a couple of messages that Miller wrote about bobbins and cases: /g/Wheeler_and_Wilson-Sewing-Machines/message/3281 and

Hi everyone. I've been collecting old sewing machines for several years now, but last week got my very first Wheeler & Wilson. It's a #8, apparently the later style since it has a different bobbin

[ Phylis sent this to the group owners' address by mistake, so I'm resending it. -- paul ] Thank you for adding me to the group. I am from Chickasha, OK. Have a number of vintage machines, purchased

Yay, Cathy! Welcome and congrats on your No 8!? I love mine, and I'm sure you will, too.? There is just something so satisfying about the look and sound of an 8.