Originally Posted by SteveH

if you have access to needlebar here is a cool history of the company.
http://www.needlebar.org/bb2/viewtop...1&p=4267#p4267

I have a Hengstenberg/Anker Westfalia with the Wittler type mechanism like this.
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]423435[/ATTACH]

I am also looking for a manual. I almost bought another one last month BECAUSE it had the manual... I wrote the seller and offered to pay for a copy, but i never got a response.

FYI even though the outside looks clean, here is what it looked like inside the head...

Before cleaning
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After cleaning
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