Singer's 1W2 Industrial Sewing Machine

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International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society

The purpose of the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society is to foster the collecting of, and research into, sewing machines.

Produced from 1905, the 1W2 was a version of a Wheeler & Wilson early domestic for manufacturing puposes.

It featured a box frame, long presser bar, and a Japanned connection. It fed from left to right, had a cleft foot, and used a curved needle. It had a speed of 1600spm.

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