sdgangone

Hi all! I am new here

I just purchased a Wilcox and Gibbs machine (1870?). It seems that this machine has a twin needle. I can't find this machine online anywhere to learn how to thread it and one of the needles are jammed in it. Any suggestions? Anyone else have this kind of machine? I want to restore it.

I attached some pics.

Stefanie

SteveH

Awesome find! It is an early Glass tensioned W&G. Very nice.

W&G were heavy in to the industrial end of things. they made hundreds if not thousands of different variations of their machine for specific industry needs.

These are usually Chainstitchers, i would LOVE to see the "looper" under the bed that allows a twin needle chainstitch.

Be careful about cleaning this one, it may have some value...

mighty

Awesome!!!

sdgangone

Thank you for the info!
Now if i could only figure out how to thread the machine. There are no spots to place a spool.

sdgangone

Trying to send pick of underneath.

sdgangone

[ATTACH=CONFIG]439251[/ATTACH]This is where the spools go?

SteveH

That is the coolest mechanism! I see how it keeps the outer looper in perfect sync with the inner one. Brilliant!

I suspect that it was feed from two cone type spools that would sit on a pair of shelves on a separate post like most industrials. like this one here

If you EVER decide to part with this, please PM me first.

Thanks for sharing!