Beautiful machines, good thing they have you as their mother!
@leighcathy
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Gary! 😁
@guildfounder
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and pre decal era, every flower and scroll was hand painted.
@leighcathy
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! The craftsmanship is amazing to me! 🤩
@amysbees6686
Жыл бұрын
Exquisite!
@leighcathy
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😊
@kfl611
7 ай бұрын
I'm sure if you googled a search, someone could make you a plexiglass 'glass' foot, with out too much trouble. then you could use the new one and preserve the old one. Oh and I love your museum era machine.
@leighcathy
7 ай бұрын
Hi there! Thanks for watching & commenting. 😁 I’ve 3D printed feet for my Wheeler & Wilson No. 8, but will need to revise the .stl drawing file a bit for the offset hole and any other adjustments for the No. 3. Maybe one day when time allows.
@jdhtyler
10 ай бұрын
Horse shoe ? key ? nail would also work on some of my machine cabinet locks. Our family business was blacksmith from 1890 and we ended up welding and fabrication and the business let out family recently. The town in the UK at one point had 30 cotton mills and various other factories that did sewing clothes and footwear. I started helping out when I was 10y and that was back in the early 1970s
@jdhtyler
10 ай бұрын
I did see on YT a lady was using 3D printing for feet feet for WW just not transparent. One day I will make a Perspex replacement for my WW machines. It was YOU - HA HA I just looked in my bookmarks for the Lady and the 3D printing ;-))
@leighcathy
10 ай бұрын
@jdhtyler yes, that’s me!!! 😁
@jdhtyler
10 ай бұрын
In the UK a very old Singer service engineer said he bent his own needle for his machine. Some will snap some with bend. If I was bending a needle I would make a jig out of metal to hold the needle and wood, the wood having a cup shape and a block of wood and use a vice to apply the pressure. I would practice with cheap standard needles. I recently bought a Singer 13k and do not have any 13x1 needles but found an industrial round shaft that is 1.61mm diameter it just clears the hole in the needle plate. The 13k sews quite well and only took and hour to get it working it was born quite some time ago 1882 I also have a WW8 and WW9 both UK versions with a nice carrying case and compact hand wheel compared to some of the USA versions that have an awkward looking had wheel..
@leighcathy
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for insights, I always like to hear how cleverly people improvise parts and accessories for older sewing machines. I refurbished a New Home treadle years ago that I couldn’t get to sew with its new needle, tried everything with no luck. Until I wiggled the needle down just a smidge and it did the trick, sewed perfectly after that! I’ve actually saved a post from a Wheeler & Wilson Facebook group where a lady described how she heated and bent needles for her W&W No. 3. Thinking I might try that someday. I’ve had success with drafting & 3d printing W&W No. 8 feet. I like to use my 3d printed feet to protect what few glass feet I have from possible damage. I haven’t taken the time to draft any feet for my No. 3, one day…😔. I have this adult day job that tends to get in the way of playing with my sewing machines. 😄 Enjoy your Singer 13k!!! 😎
@jdhtyler
10 ай бұрын
The butter knife looks like is has been filed to fit a cabinet lock
@leighcathy
10 ай бұрын
Ohhh 😮 hadn’t thought of that! I’ll have to look at it again and see. Thanks! 😊
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