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Hermes – more progress

By Dave Posted on May 28, 2025 Posted in Haid und Neu Gloriosa sewing machine, Sewing Machines

The boat shuttle looked good but had a lot of resistance, so it was deep cleaned, the adjuster screw removed and the spring folded out and 120 years of solidified oil and felt removed. The sliding surfaces of the tension …

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Hermes – progress

By Dave Posted on May 20, 2025 Posted in Haid und Neu Gloriosa sewing machine, Sewing Machines, Uncategorized

After successfully identifying the manufacturer, model and approximate year of manufacture (Haid und Nue, Gloriosa or Liberia, 1906) and finishing a basic clean of the mechanicals and reassembling, I have decided to divide and conquer! The machine has been taken …

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Hermes – our new sewing machine

By Dave Posted on May 17, 2025 Posted in Sewing Machines

Manufacturer Haid und Neu, model Gloriosa or Liberia, built about 1906, handcrank, nature decals, serial number 934620 This machine has been on and off TradeMe a few times during my interest in sewing machines, and I always thought it was …

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Squirrel has been sold

By Dave Posted on February 18, 2025 Posted in Electric Vehicles, MiniCab Miev

Sadly we have had to sell Squirrel as we don’t have the room or money to keep it and the LDV eDeliver 3 we are buying. We will keep these pages and posts here for reference and posterity. We wish …

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Places we have been

By Dave Posted on January 29, 2025 Posted in Electric Vehicles, MiniCab Miev, Travel

Squirrel our Minicab Miev is on the market via trademe so may not be ours for much longer. We have plans for a bigger van with longer range so that we can continue our travels into our dotage. In the meantime, …

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Singer 306K purchase

By Dave Posted on January 23, 2025 Posted in Other Technology, Sewing Machines

Having donated my Singer 201K23 to my daughter and son in law, I have been missing it’s quirkiness and lovely performance. I haven’t bought a machine for a while, but a Singer 306K from 1954 came up on Facebook marketplace, …

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Vintage Singer electric sewing machine conversion to Singer (or reproduction) hand crank.

By Dave Posted on December 5, 2024 Posted in 3D printing, Other Technology, Sewing Machines

Following on from this previous post I have been doing some work on some 3D printed prototypes. The pictures below are of prototype 3, meant to be a proof of  concept. As I made a bit of a booboo with …

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Hand crank conversion – Vintage Singer

By Dave Posted on November 14, 2024 Posted in 3D printing, Other Technology, Sewing Machines

So far, the most notable omission from my collection of sewing machines is a hand crank. For some reason, it is much easier and cheaper to buy old electric machines here in NZ than hand cranks. Having just serviced 6 …

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A little ugly duckling – 201K23 in cream suitcase

By Dave Posted on October 7, 2024 Posted in Other Technology, Sewing Machines

Last weekend we finally found a Senior Cabinet, a Type 72 that takes a class 15, 66 or 201. It had a 201K in it, which was of little interest, and I got it for $50. The cabinet was slightly …

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Type 66 bobbins

By Dave Posted on September 23, 2024 Posted in Other Technology, Sewing Machines, Uncategorized

We have two 99k, a 185k and a 201k, and my daughter and her husband have a 66k and a 201k. What these machines have in common is that they all take the type 66 bobbins. I am lucky enough …

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