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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2575, 8 July 1882, Page 2

NOT QUITE 80 DBOISIV] BUT A LITTLE MOR WHELMING Wifi CHALLENGE the of the Singer Sewing pany, or any of the jun Machines at the Exhibition the report coining from that verb the following statei M tears Meddinga, Onnningl Eirk, we call npon you 1 report. * H. C. F Christchurch Internationa June 15th, 18*2 REPORT OP COM MI EXPERTS To H, C. Piskk i DEAR SIB, —In acoordi request, we have exa Davis and the New Singer Se for the purpose of oompar our comparison we have t si.de ration—1. 'i he mechanical prlnclp 2. The quality of the mat: 3 The degree of workman 4, The facility for doing a c ass of work, After taking both machine fully examining every piece, ing their capabilities, we ha' in saying that we consider t superior maohite of the tv: are as follows : In both machines the e adopted for actuating the ne crank with roller working cam In the Davis Machine solid piece of steel and hai the Singer it is not only ve bat is made of common oast The feed apparatus of tl are very dissimilar. That thp usual slip feed. The v< rtioal feed peculiar to ; arrangement the presser material firmly down till reached its lowest point, then relieved and transmi bar. Feed bar, needle, ai then, by a very simple con forwnrd simultaneously the of stitch. Motion is given to the shu machine as follows An wheel end of the main spine to a vertical lever. This i it through a ball joint of Inj tlon to the only moving machine, a pivotted lever 1 an adjustable shuttle carrlei Machine a pair of mitre wh tioal spindle, having at its Ii A conneotmg rod from th sliding shuttle carrier. It \ in the Davis there are b spindle and the shuttle friction, the pivot carrying 1 the eccentric, the ball joint, horizontal lever. The two monts, the eccentric and tl adjustable, and the parts m are made of hardened ate the same work the Singer < of friction the teeth of t the two journals of vertical ends of the connecting rod, shuttle carrier None of adjustable. The small wh cast Iron, having a certain lash,-and consequent tender and break. The connecting of iron, with a hole In eao wbioh runs on the crank principal joints in the mi considerable amount of w small bearing surface, mak: to wear, while, as before ren no means of compensating f It will be noticed that tl Singer Machine Is carried which a lateral strain is givi rod, causing a certain amt while in the Davis It is oar quite free from friction. With the exception of working the needle bar, the piece In the Singer Machi cepting the shuttle, that ca: an ordinary pocket knife, a means of adjusting any w the Davis not only are mt made of steel, and temper essential point means are pr up any wear. On this pc that where wo had any i quality of the material the piece was broken and ti fully examined. Having examined the met monte of the two machines, , adaptability for work, and very pecnliar feed of the respect ws have been force sion that for all purposes, thinnest mnelin to even t spoon, the Davis has no par for avoiding that puckerin; of the pressure on a fore ir must in common hones astonishment at the range work accomplished by th we are satisfied cannot Singer. In Bummaritiog oar repor we have no hesitation in regard the Davis as very Singer in workmanship, m mechanical principles invol performing a. greater rang: found the Davis to work from the lightest to the hea JOHN LEE SOOTT (!