19th century Hugo Werteim shoe patcher

[RichardPorley]

 Hi all, greetings from Brisbane, Australia, I recently acquired in very poor condition a Hugo Wertheim branded leather patcher machine, (no base just the head), apparently this were assembled in Melbourne, Australia, as you will see in the branding on the hand crank  wheel cover, it is very much alike to all the other shoe patchers of that era, the machine is very much complete except for the shuttle? and bobbin, the shuttle and bobbin must be really small as the one  on my Singer 29k71 does not fit in it, is bigger, I have not done any measurements on it yet as I am in the process of cleaning and painting it at the moment, maybe some one can point me in the right direction to source this items as I really like to make it work again,

I have over 100 photos of the disassembly and restoration process I would like to share if there is any interest let me know, here is a couple of the before ones,
       these are the photos of the add when it was for sale, a retired elderly man had it and wanted AUD$80.00, when I saw it I was not going to take it because I did not think it would be any good as all seemed to be seized up with rust, he ask me to take it and if I could get it moving I would pay him the money, worried that some thing would break I offered him $50.00 and said if it cleaned up ok I will give him the rest, the money is on it's way!!, this old machines you can not break, well, there where 3 insignificant breakages, the thread spool holder pins both on the bobbin winder as well as the machine's one, and a flat spring on the bobbin winder, every nut screw moving part and coil springs came undone without anything more than WD40 and a bit of perseverance.
Love this machine and is not even running yet!!.
thanks for looking, 
Richard.

[RockyAussie]

Now that is something different. Never seen that one before and I look forward to seeing your journey as it comes back to life again.

Brian

[RichardPorley]

Hi Brian, I have only started with this machines last year, I saw on eBay a Chinese patcher, I thought I could use it for hobby use now and again, then the wife said, that would look nice on a Singer base!!, 6 domestic Singers later and 1  29k71,  plus the Chinese patcher, and then i saw this one, I just had to have it,  as I started researching it, I could find very little reference or photos to any other ones been assembled or manufactured here, or any with the Wertheim brand other than domestic ones, from the condition that this is in I think the rest of them must have rotted away in the good old Aussie paddocks. hopefully I can get the shuttle from somewhere so i can get it stitching!! 

Thanks for your interest, I will post more photos as I resize them.

Richard

 

[Constabulary]

These "Colibri" / Patent Elastic type patcher have been sold by many Co. in Germany who often just relabeled them. You can find the same patcher with many different Mfg. names on them - just like the Chinese sewing machines nowadays. Yours (I guess) is made by CLAES, the auto bobbin winder is pretty distinguishing. If I recall correctly CLAES & FLENTJES (as a manufacturer) only had this type of bobbin winder. But I´m not 100% sure - there are just too many with sometimes just minor differences.

To get an idea check out this website - maybe you find one similar to yours:

https://schiffmann-orthopaedie.de/fussorthopaedie-beckingen-merzig-lebach/antike-schuhmacher-naehmaschinen/

 

Edited May 16, 2018 by Constabulary

[RichardPorley]

Thanks for the information Constabulary, but the link does not work for me,

do you have any idea where I may be able to get  the shuttle?

Richard.

[Constabulary]

check the link again

Reg. shuttle - check with LW member SHOEPATCHER - he has a huge collection of patcher machines.

[RichardPorley]

Thanks, will get in touch with him.

Yes the link works now, thanks, of all the ones I have seen, none have the automatic bobbin winder☺

Richard.

Edited May 16, 2018 by RichardPorley

[DominickTuroski]

Another person you may try to get in contact with is Wayne from Sew what Maryborough. He and his wife do sewing machine repair in Australia as well and may have an idea on where to source parts. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTgxgcI54ZS3g35dAPlyHgQ/featured You can email them if you go to the "About" tab and it should show the email there.

[RichardPorley]

Thanks Dominick, I will get in touch with them.

Richard.

[shoepatcher]

the handle on the balance wheel is broken off.  The stud for the handle from the balance wheel will have to be removed , made as well as the wood handle.

glenn