I saw a machine like that at Ray White's class - the shuttle goes back and forth - it doesn't swing - very interesting. I would like to see that one on video Muv.

It is on video Miriam - How the Thread a Little Vesta!

It's a wonderful economical shuttle action, but the only way you can watch it is to tip the machine back and then turn the handle so you can watch from the underneath. Because the slide plate controls the shuttle ejector mechanism you cannot run the machine with the slide plate open. All too clever for words.

Today's picture is the bobbin winder, showing the plate that rests against the bobbin while it is being filled. Once the bobbin is full and pressing against the plate it operates the mechanism to disconnect the winder from the wheel. Singer did this with round bobbins, but not with long bobbins.

I hope I'm not boring you all - I could go on for weeks like this. A bit like droning on about a new boyfriend where nobody else can see the attraction...

Not "droning on" at all Muv. I am finding the pictures interesting. Who knows, I might find a little German fraulein to to join my group.:o

Except that here we all like to hear about those "boyfriends." :) Very neat to see the mechanisms up close and personal. I haven't seen any vintage German machines here in person, so you are sharing some interesting information and pictures.

My little A.G. Mason has that little pull out knob. It's really neat, but kind of a pain!! LOL

I have a 1957 Adler machine that I have really not touched. It was my MIL's, and we got it right when we got married. It had been in storage for over 20 years, and not used at all. We had it serviced when we first got it, but it was still having issues, and at that time I was ignorant about machines. I'm going to give it a going over myself and hope it is useable. I'll put up pics of it later.

Jljack - I hope you can fix your Adler, I'm looking forward to seeing it.

Next machine up for inspection is the Frister and Rossmann transverse shuttle Model D, which is at post 84 in the Vintage Sewing Machine Shop Photos thread. I'm quite attached to this machine because it was the first one that I cleaned up. I bought it from a family where the great grandmother had died aged 92 and nobody else knew how to work it. She had had plenty of use from it, and now I love it. It makes a very distinctive hum which reminds me of the London Underground.

I hope Rain sees this, because this machine has no stop motion screw. It just has a metal tab that goes in and out of the notch. In the first photo it is disconnected, so ready for bobbin winding. The next two photos are just gratuitous glamour shots of the balance wheel. I also have a later Model D which has a smaller balance wheel and also has a stop motion screw, but I prefer this machine for lots of reasons...

Interesting. One of my White FR machines has a lever/tab like that for bobbin winding mode. It flips down and the wheel turns freely. Flip it back into the notch, and the needle bar is engaged again.

that's what my AG Mason has too...