Singer made the Wheeler and Wilson D9 (9W1) for a few years until they could redesign it into the Singer 9w7 and later the 115.
http://needlebar.org/manuals/singer1908catalogue.pdf
I agree that the Hobson looks like a Free product.
Jon
Originally Posted by
Macybaby
Singer is one company that never put someone else's name on their machines.
However Domestic and Free were both making machines that were very similar to the Singer 27 for Sears, and probably other companies. They take the same shuttle, needle, throat plates and attachments as Singer 27.
This one is very likely to be made by one of those two companies.