Hi all,
I¡¯m joining you from Texas. Winters down here are much more tolerable than those I grew up with in Minnesota.
Anyway, a long unlikely path of multiple factors has brought me here¡ from my dislike of shopping, trail running, outdoor gear repair, and the disposable nature of modern domestic sewing machines.
Oh, and of course my discovery of Facebook marketplace and EstateSales.net¡
To make a long story not so long suffice it to say over the last year I¡¯ve been hit hard by the VSM bug and have acquired at least one ¡°really good¡± sewing machine from every decade from 1910 through 1970. I may have the 1900¡¯s covered, but only if my singer 9W is from that decade, which I don¡¯t believe it is.
Anyway the 9W is the most recent addition to the family, and I was mainly intrigued by it because by this point I¡¯ve become pretty familiar with all the different Singers and I found a listing for a ¡°vintage singer¡±¡ but it didn¡¯t look like any Singer I¡¯d ever seen, no serial number visible, square pillar, what the heck? Just a beat up paint job and the Singer logo and badge. So I dismissed it as some weird counterfeit¡ but I was curious because the paint was in pretty rough shape, and it looked age appropriate, so that all seemed odd for a counterfeit. Then I finally discovered the Singer 9W¡¯s and their story. So I pounced on the deal.
From what I¡¯ve pieced together, I likely have a 9W-7. It¡¯s Singer branded, with the standard Singer mounts for their treadles, and it takes the FW type bobbins. I haven¡¯t tested this, but the bobbin that was in the bobbin case was that type, not the bagel style. Serial number is W70686, so I¡¯m guessing this one is from near the end of the 9W production.
I just got it oiled up, everything broken loose, and I can¡¯t wait to finish cleaning it up and then taking it for a whirl¡ so smooth. Love the rotary hook.
Also, I¡¯ve really enjoyed learning about the story from W&W to singer, if you can¡¯t beat them, buy them!
Looking forward to reading through the archives here and continuing a bit further down this rabbit hole.
Regards,
Joshua
