Unfortunately it was off eBay and long ago enough for the record to have disappeared off my “purchases list”. It’s the other machine that dates to the 1980s, an Elna. This Winselmann definitely dates to the early 1900s.:)
Excellent, never even considered Titan might still be in business! It’s a long spool in a metal shuttle type thing, not the round bobbin, I’d love to use it just for the joy of using such a piece of art and engineering. When I bought this, my mother was still alive , sadly, she passed last year...
Hi, some time ago I bought a newly serviced Winselmann Titan sewing machine, a real beauty! Not knowing anything about them, didn’t consider about availability of replacement needles, if I had, I’d have gone for a Singer. Sadly, I broke the only needle and have been unable to source any...
Maybe do it slowly using a former (I think that’s the right technical term)- something with the right curve that you can somehow slowly bend the blade over, possible in a large vice once you have the blade bent a bit so it would actually fit in the vice, or a G clamp contraption of some sort.
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