Comments by "Piccalilli Pit" (@piccalillipit9211) on "Investigating One of the Oldest Victorian Sewing Machines! 1876 Wilcox u0026 Gibbs Chainstitch" video.

@bernadettebanner - Just FYI - Your treddle machine - there is a knob in the middle of the hand wheel - if you turn it [towards you I think], it will rotate and unlock the wheel from the mechanism when you are winding bobbins...!!! This is important as you are currently DOUBLING the wear and tear on the rest of the mechanism and you can no longer buy new parts... I cringe every time you wind a bobbin 😀
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@Kamane-bee - They can get jammed. I don't know the model, and I am not an expert. But mine was jammed solid, I think mine is a 192K. I had a small screw that I undid and then the and knob came off. I cleaned it all - TBH it looked totally fine and clean. I put it back together and it worked fine. EDIT: I have just found out for you - there SHOULD be 2 bobbin spindles on the top of your machine, the idea being that you are winding a new spool as you are sewing. This is the same as modern industrial machines.
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@alibabafurball - Yeah when I took mine apart cos it was jammed solid, it was all clean and fine and jammed for no obvious reason. Worked fine when I put it back together. And I had forgotten about the rod - thats supposed to have a V block adjuster in it isnt it???
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@alibabafurball - They just delete your comment - if I said video - apologies. I have a really rare one..! Not valuable - just rare. Its my daily use machine - a 197B. Its a very small production volume French factory version of the 191 I think... Its a very good straight stitch machine.
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@alibabafurball - YT comments will delete the video if you put an external link. Its like a U block of wood with a threaded bar and a half moon metal bit that spins down the bar and pushes the U bit up against the crank bar if memory serves me - its 40 years since i last saw one... But i remember adjusting it to take the g-dunk out of the treddle mechanism as a kid.
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@catrinlewis939 - Yeah my daily use machine is a 1960's electric singer and you have to turn the knob. Up until about 1980 electric machines were just treadle machines with a motor attached to them. I also have a brand new computerised Singer and it is TOTAL JUNK. It is one of the worst things I have ever wasted my money on. The whole machine twists as its sewing and it won't sew a buttonhole in coat weight wool for the life in it.
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@meacadwell - I said "new parts". You can buy old parts but they are likely to be nearly as worn as the ones you are replacing.
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@judepicton6252 :-D
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£8 IN 1876 is the same at £1,062 today according to the Bank Of England Inflation Calculator £5 in 1876 was equal to £590 today. EDIT - the singer 201K was 1/3rd the cost of the average car in 1930. Sewing machines were EXPENSIVE.
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