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Originally Posted by quiltdoctor
I got the Wheeler Wilson 8 all cleaned up, but she needed a display box to show her off. I found a picture of a WW8 hand crank on line and sent the picture to Glenn. With a lot of pictures and lots of measurements, he made my little lady a beautiful throne to sit upon. Perhaps someday I will find a WW8 cabinet that I can afford, but she is perfectly content to be upright and well tended. Thanks again to Glenn for his beautiful workmanship !!
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Originally Posted by beaniekins
So that sad looking machine is in my kitchen now. $5 for the machine and a shoebox of miscellaneous parts. Some of them are attachments that I recognize, like the ruffler, others are various plates for other machines, some odd wheel cogs, and some sort of side plate that I don't recognize. Here's a photo of the old girl, serial number B146995: a 27-4, with 10,000 allotted on Jan. 2, 1904 in Elizabethport, NJ.
Does anyone know what these parts are?
Does anyone know what these parts are?
Originally Posted by emmah
Originally Posted by quiltdoctor
When DH and I went to New York in August, I wanted to find a special machine to bring back to Texas. My sister in law went to calling every second hand shop and antique place in the Ithaca and Groton area. She found something that the sales lady said was really old but wouldn't be able to be used, for $20. Right up my alley (I hoped) Got there and bought it and could see it had an "8" on the front. Upon further inspection we could see it was a Wheeler-Wilson Model 8, without any kind of base or treadle. Pretty sad looking, but I could get it on the plane and bring her home, so I was happy.
I got home and started cleaning and could see the newest patent date was 1878, and from what I can find out, from the shape of the wheel, that is a good estimate. The first wheels have a flat edge on the outside, where later Model 8's have a rounded edge wheel. Her Serial Number is 385288. If anyone can find a place that has dating numbers for WW8's I'd love to know for sure (and to bookmark the spot). Here is is when she made it home to Texas.
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I got home and started cleaning and could see the newest patent date was 1878, and from what I can find out, from the shape of the wheel, that is a good estimate. The first wheels have a flat edge on the outside, where later Model 8's have a rounded edge wheel. Her Serial Number is 385288. If anyone can find a place that has dating numbers for WW8's I'd love to know for sure (and to bookmark the spot). Here is is when she made it home to Texas.
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Look at my latest find. Glenn
Originally Posted by Glenn
Look at my latest find. Glenn
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And you're shipping her to me, right Skip? :lol:
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Originally Posted by Charlee
And you're shipping her to me, right Skip? :lol:
Originally Posted by Glenn
Originally Posted by Charlee
And you're shipping her to me, right Skip? :lol:
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Originally Posted by grammydar
Originally Posted by deplaylady
I finished cleaning my 15-30. I put a repro hand crank on it also and painted out the Chinese letters - fortunately mine moves really smoothly and quietly. I had bought the machine for $20 and it was missing the slide plate - and the box. I bought a wood box on eBay that was covered with ugly wallpaper.I removed the wallpaper thinking I would paint it but the joints didn't look very good. So I put red oak veneer on it and stained it. Here is the finished product:
Originally Posted by Glenn
Look at my latest find. Glenn
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Cruising CL again and playing "I wish" again.
Black Singer 301 and a 15-91: http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/atq/2651292851.html
This one made me sit up a little straighter. I certainly wouldn't turn it down. :) http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/atq/2651598223.html
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