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Steve,
Beautiful machine. Maybe something in the Boye cabinet would be suitable for bending. Them curved needles are worth their weight in gold. Have fun. Jon
Originally Posted by SteveH
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I am having a hard time finding needles for this one. I am even considering taking one of my curved Wheeler & Wilson Needles, annealing the spring out, reversing the bend, then re-tempering it.
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Originally Posted by jlhmnj
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Steve, Beautiful machine. Maybe something in the Boye cabinet would be suitable for bending. Them curved needles are worth their weight in gold. Have fun.
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They could probably pay for your next machine or two. I see one sold on ebay a while back for $25.
Jon
Originally Posted by SteveH
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Interesting thought, I will check that out. As far as the W&W curved needles I have over 20 of them left....
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yeah, but I got more than two dozen with my W&W..
so far I have used one, I have given two to a collection/museum in Washington, and am about to give two more to a lady from the W&W group who has had a machine for a while with no needles. I figure they are worth more to me as sources of good karma than as sale items. but yea, at 25-30 ea x 20+ needles would fund a machine or two.... |
That's fantastic and very generous. I often hear of the early W&W's being purchased with no needles to sew with. Would also be great if someone bent a bunch of these needles to sell or give away as there seems to be a need.
Jon PS---Send me a few, maybe a W&W#1 will turn up afterwards :D |
Wow, what a beautiful machine, and nice to see it in good hands. I'd never heard of a "dress guard" before - I had an idea what it was and apparently it's just what it sounds like. Wouldn't be any fun to get caught in the machine!
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Steve,
What needle does it use? My husband bought a mass of needles at a flea market and I was going to sell on EBay but have not gotten what I consider enough info to know what I was selling. As you can see from the pictures I would gladly look and see if I had something that would work. Mostly Singer but I have found many I've needed for both industrial and domestic machines I have. Can't promise anything but I will look! [ATTACH=CONFIG]482339[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]482340[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]482341[/ATTACH] Lisa |
Originally Posted by jlhmnj
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PS---Send me a few, maybe a W&W#1 will turn up afterwards :D
Hey, if ya really want, I will send ya one! They are cool, they look like micro Katanas.... |
Originally Posted by mtpockets1
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Steve,
What needle does it use? My husband bought a mass of needles at a flea market and I was going to sell on EBay but have not gotten what I consider enough info to know what I was selling. As you can see from the pictures I would gladly look and see if I had something that would work. Mostly Singer but I have found many I've needed for both industrial and domestic machines I have. Can't promise anything but I will look! Lisa The needles are curved which also decreases the chances... but hey, thank's for looking! I am however looking for WWII era Singer Surgical Suture needles if by any weird chance there are any in there... Wow again.... |
Another beauty, Steve. Congrats!
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