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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2604, 11 August 1882, Page 2

NOT QUITE 80 DECISIVE AS IT WAS BUT A LITTLE MORE OVER- - WHBLMINO. WE CHALLENGE the representative of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, or any of the jurors' oh Sewing Machines at < the Exhibition who voted fur the report coming from that body to controvert the following statement of facta. Messrs Meddinga, Oonnlngton, Dale, and Kirk, we "call npon you, to defend your

sport. H. C. FISKS & CO. Christchurch International 'exhibition, June 15 th,-ISS2. REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS. To H. C. Fiske & Co. DEAR SIB, —In accordance with your request, we have examined the New Davis and the Now Singer Sewing Machines, or the purpose of comparing them. In >ur comparison we have takea into conlideration— 1. Tho mechanical principle involved 2. The quality of the material used 3. The degree of workmanship exhibited 4. The facility for doing a good and varied

O 468 of work. After taking both machines asunder, carefully examining every piece, and fully testing thoir capabilities, we have no hesitation in saying that wo consider the Davis far the superior machine of the two. Our reasons are as follows : In both machines the same method is adopted for actuating the needle bar, viz., a crank with roller working in a cam. This oam In the Davis Machine is out oat of a solid piece of steel and hardened, while in the Singer it is not only very much lighter, but is made of common oast iron. The feed apparatus of the two machines are very dissimilar. That of the Singer is the usual slip feed. The Davis has the vertical feed peculiar to Itself. In this arrangement tho presser foot holds the material firmly down till the needle has reached its lowest point. 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 stitoh. Motion Is giv;n 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 construe tlon to the only moving part under the machine, a pivotced lever huvieg 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 slicing shuttle carrier. It will be seen that in t '-e Davis there are between the main spinalo and the shuttle four points of friction, the pivot carrying the vertical lover, the eccentric, the ball joint, and the pivot of horizontal lever. The two principal movements, the eccentric and the ball joint, are adjustable, and tho parts most liable to wear are made of hardened steel. To compass the same work the Singer employs as points of friction 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 tendency to rattle and and break. The connecting rod la a thin bar of iron, with a hole In each end. The end which runs on the crank pin is one of the principal joints in the machine, having a considerable amount of work to do with small bearing surface, making it very I'sble to wear, while, as before remarked, there avo no means of compensating for any wesr.? It will be noticed that the shuttle of the Singer Machine is carried In a slide, to which a lateral strain is given by the driving rod, oaneing a certain amount of friction, while in the Davis It is carried by the lever qnite free from friction. With the exception of the small ro! ! er working the needle bar, there is not a single piece in the Singer Machine, not even excepting tho shuttle, th*t ca .not ba 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 ore 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 mechaoioal arrangements of the two machines, we tested their adaptability for work, and we noticed tho very peculiar feed of the Davis. In this respect wa have been forced to tho conclusion that for all purposes, sewing from the thinnest muslin to even through a metal spoon, the Davis has no parallel for grasp, or for avoiding that puckering of;en the effect of the pressure on a fere motion feed. We must In common honesty express our astonishment at the range and variety of work accomplished by the Davis, which we are satisfied cannot be done by the Singer. In anmmarhing our report wa repeat that we have no hesitation in saying that we regard the Davis as very superior to the Singer in workmanship, material, and the mechanical principles involved, and also in performing a greater range cf work. Wo found the Davis to work with equal ease from the lightest to the heaviest fabric, JOHN LEE SOOTT (Scott Bros.), Mechanical Engineer. T, GLUYAS PABCOE, Manager of the Kaiapoi Clothing Factory, GEO. P. ANTHONY, Mechanical Expert, from Nettlefold’a, Birmingham. 8300 W. M. R. BEETS PRACTICAL TAILOR, MANCHESTER STREET SOUTH, Wishes to call special attention to hia FOUR GUINEA SUITS, Also to his GUINEA TROUSERS, Yhioh for Style, Fit and Quality is unsurpassed -29 in Christchurch, VOO2 SOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. 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