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NOT QUITE SO DECISIVE AS IT WAS BUr A LITTLE MORE OVER. WHELMING. JS CHALLENGE the representative ' of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, or any of the jurors on Sewing Machines at the Exhibition who voted for the report coming from that body to controvert the following statement of facts. Messrs Meddings, Cunnington, Dale, and Kirk, we call upon yon to defend yomr report, H. C. FISEE & CO. Chrlstohuroh International Exhibition, June 15th, 1882. REPORT OP COMMITTEE OP EXPERTS. To H. C. FiSEB & Co. BEAR SIB, —In accordance with your request, we have examined the New Davis and the New Singer Sewing Maohinen, for the purpose of comparing them. In our comparison we have taken into consideration— 1. The mechanical principle involved 2. The quality of the material used 3 The decree of workmanship exhibited

4. The facility for doing a good and varied o ass of work. After taking both machines asunder, carefully examining every piece, and fully testing their capabilities, we have no hesitation in saying that we consider the Davis far the superior machine of the two, Our reasons are as follows : In both machines the ssme method is adopted for actuating the needle bar, viz., a crank with roller working in a cam. This osm in the Davis Machine is oat oat of a solid piece of steel and hardened, while in the Singer it ia not only very much lighter, but is made of common oast iron. The feed apparatus of the two maohlnes are very dissimilar. That of the Singer is the usual slip feed. The Davis has the vertical feed peculiar to itself. In this arrangement the pressor foot holds the material firmly down till the needle has reached its lowest paint. The pressure is then relieved and transmitted to the feed bar. Feed bar, needle, and material are then, by a very simple contrivance, moved forward simultaneously the required length - of stitch. Motion is givtn to the shuttle In the Davis machine as follows An eccentric at the wheel end of the main spindle gives motion to a vertical lever. This in turn transmits it through a ball joint of ingenious oonstruo tlon to the only moving part under the' maohine, a pivotted lever having at its end an adjustable shuttle carrier. In the Singer Machine a pair of mitre wheels drive a vertical spindle, having at its lower end a crank. A connecting rod from this crank moves a sliding shuttle carrier. It will be seen that in the Davis there are between the main spindle and the shuttle four points of friction, the pivot carrying the vertical lever, the eccentric, the ball joint, and the pivot of horizontal lever. The two principal move. meats, the eccentric and the ball joint, are adjustable, and the parts most liable to wear are made of hardened steel. To compass the same work tho Singer employs as points of friotlon the teeth of the mitre wheels, the two journals of vertical spindle, the two ends of the connecting rod, and the sliding shuttle carrier None of these places are adjustable. The small wheels are common cast Iron, having a certain amount of backlash, and consequent tendenoy to rattle und and break. The connecting rod id a thin bar of iron, with a hole in each end. The end which xuns on the crank pin is one of the prinoipaJ joints in the machine, having a considerable amount of work to do with small bearing surface, making it very liable to wear, while, as before remarked, there are no moans of compensating for any wear. It will be noticed that the shuttle of the Singer Maohine is carried in a slide, to whioh a lateral strain is given by the driving rod, causing a certain amount of friction, while in the Davis it is carried by the lever quite free from Motion. With the exception of the small roller working the needle bar, there is not a single piece In the Singer Maohine, not even excepting the shuttle, that ea: not be out with an ordinary pocket knife, and there are no means of adjusting any wearing part. In the Davis not only are most of the pieces made of steel, and tempered, but at every essential point means are provided for taking up any wear. On this point we may say that where we had any doubt about the quality of the material employed the the piece was broken and the fracture carefully examined. Having examined the mschnnloal arrangements of the two machines, we tested their adaptability for work, und we noticed the very peculiar feed of the Davis. In this respect wo have been forced to the conclusion that for all purposes, sewin from the thinnest muslin to even throu h a metal spoon, the Davis has no paralle grasp, or for avoiding that puckering often the-ajfect We must in common honesty express our astonishment at the range and variety of work accomplished by the Davis, whioh we are satisfied cannot be done by the ■Singer. In summarising onr report we repeat that we have no hesitation in saying that we regard the Davis as very superior to the Singer fn workmanship, material, and the mechanical principles involved, and also in performing a greater range of work. We found the Davis to work with equal ease from the lightest to the heaviest fabric. JOHN LEE SOOTT (Scott Bros.), Mechanioal Engineer. T. GLTJYAS PASCOE, Manager of the Eaiapoi Clothing Factory. GEO. P. ANTHONY, Moohanical Expert, from Nettlefold's, Birmingham. 8300

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