mikesc Posted July 31, 2019 Report Posted July 31, 2019 When you get some more pics..try uploading them to tineye.com If there are other images out there on the web that look like it , tineye can be useful to find them, it isn't "magical" , often it hasn't got anything relevant in it's database, but it can be useful sometimes for "mysteries". Quote "Don't you know that women are the only works of Art" .. ( Don Henley and "some French painter in a field" )
Members Cferna27 Posted July 31, 2019 Author Members Report Posted July 31, 2019 Here are more pics. Quote
Members Matt S Posted July 31, 2019 Members Report Posted July 31, 2019 I wonder if there's some markings on the bottom of the main casting. Quote
Members Big Sioux Saddlery Posted July 31, 2019 Members Report Posted July 31, 2019 It must be missing some parts. . .I don't see even a thread take-up arm or anything. What sort of needle does it have in it? Quote
Members machinehead Posted August 1, 2019 Members Report Posted August 1, 2019 I believe that it is some form of the New England Wax Thread Machine, see here at the top of the Smithsonian page. https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Trade-Literature/Sewing-Machines/pdf/sewing-machines.pdf Quote
Members Cferna27 Posted August 1, 2019 Author Members Report Posted August 1, 2019 1 hour ago, machinehead said: I believe that it is some form of the New England Wax Thread Machine, see here at the top of the Smithsonian page. https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Trade-Literature/Sewing-Machines/pdf/sewing-machines.pdf That's maybe it! It sure looks similar. It's a good direction to research. Thank you again for this. Quote
Members Cferna27 Posted August 1, 2019 Author Members Report Posted August 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Big Sioux Saddlery said: It must be missing some parts. . .I don't see even a thread take-up arm or anything. What sort of needle does it have in it? The take up arm is missing. The awl and take off needles are much like the "Puritan" ones. 3 hours ago, Matt S said: I wonder if there's some markings on the bottom of the main casting. Hi. No markings. Just a serial number on the top. Quote
kgg Posted August 1, 2019 Report Posted August 1, 2019 As machinehead noted and directed the search towards. What I found was it is probably a The Ross, Moyer Manufacturing Co. machine from the 1870's that came in three sizes A,B,C for light Vamping (Shoe work) to Harnesses, Collars, Trunk Handles https://books.google.ca/books?id=Y_c-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=new+england+wax+thread+machine?&source=bl&ots=R6UtQCmDj1&sig=ACfU3U3lfXc7S29kw7341zNuDd9wooouvQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwig37iWvODjAhWum-AKHZ1BAMsQ6AEwDnoECGMQAQ#v=onepage&q=new england wax thread machine%3F&f=false Chances are that the one you have is for the heavier work from the 1870's. Notice the predecessor to the patcher machines on the bottom of the page called " Alligator or Arm machine". That's the era they made heavy iron. kgg Quote Juki DNU - 1541S, Juki DU - 1181N, Singer 29K - 71(1949), Chinese Patcher (Tinkers Delight), Warlock TSC-441, Techsew 2750 Pro, Consew DCS-S4 Skiver
Members machinehead Posted August 1, 2019 Members Report Posted August 1, 2019 See also: Butterfield and Stevens, New England Wax Thread Sewing Machine Company, Butterfield and Haven, William Butterfield, Wickersham's Patent Machine Boston, Massachusetts Quote
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