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T James

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  1. Oh thank you, I'll check them out. I'll probably try and get some in New Zealand first though, because they're in Canada aren't they?
  2. @Tomo Thank you! I've managed to sorce some thread now, some Z415/T400/7 (Old Tkt size / Tex size / Metric size) because I've got #250 331 LR needles I mentioned. I'm thinking I may try to track down some lighter needles and thread at some point though, the current ones are unbelievably heavy! Anyway, yes so I understand, but I imagine the linen thread would be less consistant, and of course less resiliant, even though I do like the idea of using the traditional thing and a natural product. Thanks again.
  3. @Tallbald Thank you, she is a beauty isn't she?! I'm sorry your search was unsuccessful, but perhaps some day you'll find one. Oh those Cowboy 3500 look quite good, though I've never used one. Good luck!
  4. Well I must confess I actually never got around to finding someone to service them and get them set up, they're still sitting in my family's lock-up, to my great shame and frustration haha! But I will at some point, I keep telling myself. Oh that's great, thank you! I did have a look at what I think was there website but I couldn't seem to see them, but I've sent them an enquiry. I've found a seller on trademe who apparently has #250 size though, so I may go with some of those although they're $49 a pack. Is that about normal? Also, I wanted to ask you, what kind of thread do you use in your machine? Yeah, sure I'll attach one. As you can see I'm just using a ball of cotton string at the moment, which obviously isn't really ideal. Oh actually, it occurs to me I might be able to use my machine and photos from around the place as references to clean up those plates if I ever get around to it.
  5. My new machine! I'm pretty sure it's a 'Pearson No.6 Harness machine'. There's what I presume is a serial or model number stamped on the top which reads 4949, if that means anything to anyone. It seems to be running relatively well, although I need to get some proper thread for it and fine tune the tension. Also, purely cosmetically it could do with a little bit of attention, I might touch up the gold lettering on the top wheel, and maybe even paint it black one day, but we'll see. Anyway, all in all I'm rather pleased.
  6. Thanks so much for sharing this! I just purchased what I believe is a Pearson No. 6 and I've been searching for a manual. The basic workings of them seems fairly straight forward, but I'm glad to have some information on finer adjustments and so on. It is a shame that the plates aren't a bit clearer, but still much better than nothing. I may have a go at cleaning one up at some point, but I can't imagine it will be easy since it's difficult to distinguish the parts from one another in the scan. We'll see. As a side note, I don't suppose you know of a source in New Zealand of needles for these machines do you? Anyway, thank you again! p.s. I think I may have bought two pillar bed machines from you years ago!
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