This is not a 1879 machine.....its around 1910.
You have a VERY NICE Singer 9W!!! I have one to but it is not as perfect as yours. The machine was made from left over parts from Wheeler and Wilson when Singer bought them out. A very nice and rare machine!!
The needles are hard to come by and are expensive but it takes a Boye 18.
Here is mine and I have not even cleaned it up yet but I lover her!!
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Billy this is very confusing, but I love this machine! Can you explain the numbering -- why there is no letter in front of the number? I am trying to understand how you can tell it is 1910 instead of 1879.
Billy you said it is a 9W is that what I look for -- for the manual?
This machine is very confusing for me -- I can't see how to thread it --there is a little thing that sticks out on the front face bottom right-- it has a metal thing that points down -- what is that -- it has a wire on it that seems to be broken or lose on one side! Is yours like that?
Nancy