Antique New White Peerless Handcrank 3/4 Sewing Machine C1890 Part 2
Hello Dear Friends and Readers and a warm welcome to today’s post. Today I will present a small update on this pretty little handcrank which you can read about in the previous post New White Peerless Antique Sewing Machine. I literally picked this machine out of the dirt on the floor of a junk shop.
I had a lovely email from Liz who was given one of these machines, so I thought I would give a little update in relation to her question regarding the shuttle and bobbin.
I’m not saying these machines are rare, but, they are certainly not commonplace. When I first picked it up I could find very scant information.
Following on from my first post, I mentioned that I could not open the needle plate. After careful oiling and cleaning I was able to open the needle plate. Here is a view from the underside of the machine and the shuttle can be seen in the holder.
New White Peerless – The Shuttle and Bobbin
I have taken out the shuttle from the holder. The tip of this shuttle has a notch near the front end which matches up inside the shuttle holder where there is a small projection which lines up with that notch.
Here is a view of the shuttle from the Antique New White Peerless sewing machine.
The question from Liz was whether the shuttle had a pin through the centre to hold the bobbin. The answer is yes. Here, the pin inside the shuttle can be seen and the bobbin with the hole through the centre which slides over the internal pin of the shuttle.
I found this post which also explains this and gives a suggestion for a substitute from another machine.
https://vintagesewingmachinesblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/31/white-mason-jones/
In the image below, the notch in the shuttle is seen right near the tip of the shuttle.
The New White Peerless has this beautiful tension dial on the front. The discs for the tension are located on the left side adjacent to the dial.
The thread guides on this machine are very elegant and low profile.
I believe the needle is threaded from left to right. It is a sweet little machine with a very quiet sewing mechanism.
Whatever type of machine you are using today – Enjoy.
Susie.
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I have a singer hand-crank that I picked up out of the trash. It has a beautiful stitch. I have made several quilts with it. It’s very quiet! No electricity needed. But mine has a regular bobbin, not a shuttle bobbin. It took some time sewing with this machine considering you’re only sewing with one hand because your other hand serves as the motor. It has a wooden case that uses a key to lock and unlock the case. I love this machine!!!
Donna Hilton
donnadjsewfine722@gmail.com
How lovely Donna! Great save. Thank you for sharing your Singer story.
Beautiful! I inherited my Grandmother’s Singer Treadle, I’ve never used it, but only had it on display. Now in storage in my cargo container. I don’t know if it has a shuttle bobbin or not, but this is interesting info. Hopefully one day I can have a real house and not live in a travel trailer, so I can get her out, serviced and use her.
Best wishes Jean. Hope you can play with your machine soon too.
Gorgeous! Those thread guides are wonderful.
I sold my favorite Vesta Saxonia you mention in the other post and immediately regretted it, but I remind myself that I have too many machines and that it went to someone who will cherish it. What marvelously engineered machines! Isn’t it a blast to sew with these antique/vintage machines?
Hi Erin, it certainly is!
So pretty!
What a lovely machine!