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Mary, It is possible that Singer's Plant in England made the Dw1 and Dw7. The machines were still popular with W&W fans. However, technology was changing, and the Singer clones of the W&W models did

Bill, Based upon your catalog and parts research, do you think in your opinion the Singer 9W1 and 9W7 machines were ever made anywhere else besides the united States? Kindly, Mary Freeman

Wow! Thank you, Bill. That’s great. And, a lot of work. I have most of a 12W100 and would contribute any useful information for that to you for the database you are compiling. I’ve acquired almost

Thanks, Suzanne, that's brilliant! I did take after the grooves with an xacto knife, which helped a lot. The foam nail file would also be useful for removal of crustiness on other small metal parts,

I have successfully cleaned up old curved needles. I use a foam-backed nail file and a microscope to see my work. After cleaning off rust and sharpening the point a bit, I use a fine needle to clean

I picked up a bunch of curved needles with an old Florence I purchased. They are badly rusted. I wonder if nickel plating and sharpening will restore them to usefulness. Anybody had any experience

bruce wrote: That being said, I think many folks, me included, would like to hear how John's friend did that. Pretty impressive. paul =---------------------- paul fox, pgf@...

Thanks, John, we aren't to the point of making our own needles...yet! We may get there. There was a nice array of needles with this #3, and they're not in terrible condition, but there is some light

Hi It is possible to bend your own, my guess if I had to do it I would tape it on a leather belt that was on a bunch of rags and use a few burnishing strokes with something like a socket set extension

Good chilly AM to all, Anybody have any thoughts/techniques for restoring curved needles?? I guess, more than that, I kind of know of a number of options, I guess it'd be good to know if it's worth

Agatha - unfortunately, only have the name of the previous owner (not of the Snyder family name), and the serial number gives an estimated date of manufacture of 1872. Don’t have information on

Interesting--kind of leads me to believe that these are an owner's initials.? A modest owner, apparently! As is our wont, we're tempted to leave a note for the seller (machine acquired from an

Hey John, Do you have any clues about W. B. Snyder at all? General location(s) where the machine has lived? Date of the machine? I've had some luck discovering info on previous owners of my vintage

Haven’t seen engraved initials on the cloth plate of a W&W before. I just checked our ca 1856 head and confirmed no initials present. Curious place to put someone’s initials. You’d think if

In the process of attempting to polish the cloth plate on the newly-arrived #3, I thought I saw odd scratches near the bolt hole.? Upon closer inspection, it is clearly a set of initials.? Has

Sorry, I didn't mean to mislead!? I posted early about some parts I have left over from a #3, and failed to include the parts list and prices. The ad implied that we were letting the parts go for

That's great! Certainly, making a good friend is worth a little extra on a week's worth of groceries!

Bruce, we lived in the middle east for a year while I was a child.? That did NOT go well.? Everything is a negotiation and my mother paid waaaay to much for groceries our first week there, until an

I would have paid that if given the chance. But then again, value is whatever someone is willing to pay.

That gives me a chuckle...I, too, have evolved from a long line of English-persons. I'd rather eat barbed wire than haggle.? BUT...we've been bingeing on "Antiques Road Trip" and seen auctioneers