Originally Posted by pennijanine
Thanks. I am going to get her this afternoon. $75 I am doing the happy dance!!! Her name will be "Leona" for my gram who never sewed a day in her life! Ha
Ah...you're going to love everything about "Leona" except for one thing....needles are a BITCH to find! :(
this is a Singer 9W...and they work you can't believe...beautiful straight stitch...however. The needles that they take are obsolete and difficult at best to find! A couple of months ago, I bought out one ebay seller of 6 tubes (3 needles each)....for the low, everyday price of $65. Start watching for 127x1 needles to come up on ebay, and grab them if you see them before I do!! ;)
The machine was made at the Wheeler & Wilson factory after Singer bought it in 1906. They made this model until 1912. I love mine...she's awesome! The needles are the only bad thing about her...and even that can be "fixed" so that it'll take a more common needle.