
However, you don't have to sift through all of that if you don't want to do so. Here's my collection of vintage sewing machine links: Here's advice from an expert in fitting a replacement belt: Replacements are readily available, and here is one purveyor that seems reputable: This site could be of help in your restoration project (you'll need to scroll down to where it reads "Epilogue," because among other things, there's a picture of a completely disassembled W&W D9 all neatly laid out):īTW, you'll probably need to replace that leather belt. Here are some websites to help you further (dating your W&W D9 is mostly a matter of comparing it to other W&W D9 machines that have already been dated by other means): Here are the Google listings for those two patents: If yours has that one, then it probably moves the age forward to 1894. However, there's probably another patent on it, and it's a bit hard to see, because it's on the needle bar: So it's probably safe to assume (yeah, I know) that your machine is no older than 1892. I can't quite read all of the engraved information on that cloth plate, but it looks like it's quite similar to this one: It looks like the serial number is "299917."
