Originally Posted by
SewMachines
I would be glad to help if I can, although SteveH is probably much better for the measurements.
My Weed dates to 1868 from what I can tell. The shuttle moves front to back very much like the Howe machines and is an open boat style shuttle. I have found that the Boye 18 needles work nicely and it isn't too complicated for threading. I have a copy of a later manual that was shared with me by another collector.
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OOOPS guess I didn't read the whole thread before getting ready to post the following:
Gorgeous machine. I'm going to guess that it wasn't in that condition when you got it. Did you repaint the irons? I think I heard something about stove black for irons, but don't remember where or pictures after using on irons. Did you remove the shiny bits to clean & polish?
Does the presser foot have a hole in front of the where the needle travels? What I thought was crud turns out there is a metal under a layer of crud and has a hole in front of needle hole.
Mine has a little different wheel guard and has a roller type thing at the top. I'll get a picture of it later.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.