Wheeler and Wilspn #6 Manual and request for help.
I am hoping someone has joined the group who might have knowledge of the Singer #6. I know they were not considered Wheeler & Wilson's best and even though I also have a #8 and a W9 treadles I would
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lyanne ornstein
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Re: New Member. Thanks for adding me.
I added pictures under photos.? Beck's 1860 machine.
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Beka
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Miller - many thanks for the information. That¡¯s the best explanation of the difference of the early Ws I have ever seen. Mine would be a #3. ?Jan
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jpwest1951@...
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Great find! Welcome to the group. Would love to see pics. [email protected]> wrote:
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Treadle&Gears
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Re: New Member
Hi J D;A number 3 should be a curved needle machine with painted parts. Serial 602,515 would date to about 1871. A #1 has silver plated parts & a #2 had bronze plated parts. So far I have never seen a
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Miller Fulks
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Re: New Member. Thanks for adding me.
Thanks again for the add. I had no clue what I was dealing with here. They are very simple machines compared to the new ones. Or should I say newer ones. Yes it is the curved needle machine. The
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Beka
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New Member
I'm JPWest from Wichita. ?I have (I think) a No. 3, 1876 W&W treadle, serial 602515. ?And, I just acquired a No. 8 hand crank that I think is about 1885, although the last patent date is Aug 24
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jpwest1951@...
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Beka;Welcome to the group. I assume this is one of the curved needle machines. Very interesting machines. I have one of these in the half case treadle cabinet which was made in 1872. I also have
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Miller Fulks
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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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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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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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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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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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