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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2649, 3 October 1882, Page 2

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SUITS TO MEASURE FROM 70s. ÜBST CONSIGNMENT of SPRING TSVBKES AND COATINGS Jnst Arrived. W. M. EOBEETS, Practical Tailor, Manchester street south. Trousers from 18a. Splendid Selection. 1002 _Lry the chkafest shop in TOWN FOR All kinds of PipoSj meerohaum and wood, Cigar and Cigarette Holders, Knives, Purses, Matchboxes, Razors, Combs, Brashes, Hair Oil, Lime Cream, & ~ &o N.B.—A lot of CRICKETING MATERIAL from l&st season very oheap. And last, but not least & HAIR CUTTING SALOON, Where yon oan get fixed np for the small sum of 'ENCE. H. OAKBY, NOT QUITE SO DECISIVE AS IT WAS BUT A LITTLE MORE OVERWHELMING. WE 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 facta. Messrs Weddings, Cunnington, Dale, and Kirk, we call npon yon to defend yonr report, H. O. PISKB & CO.

Chrlstchurch International Exhibition, I Jane 15th, 1882. REPOBT OP COMMUTES OF EXPERTS. *Eo H. O. Fiskb & Co. >EAH SIB, —In accordance with yonr request, we have examined the New Davis and the New Singer Sewing Machines, for the purpose of comparing them. In our comparison we have takeo Into consideration— 1. 'i he mechanical principle involved 2. The quality of the material mod 3. The decree of workmanship exhibited 4. The facility for doing a good and varied olass of work. After taking both m&ohlnes asunder, carefully examining every piece, and fully testing their capabilities, we have no hesitation in Raying that we oonsider the Davis far the superior maohiue 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 cam in the Davis Maohine is cat out of a solid piece of steel and hardened, while in the Singer it is not only very much lighter, but is made of oommon 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 itielf. In this arrangement tho pressor 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 oontrivance, moved forward simultaneously the required length of stitch

Motion is given to the uhuttlo in the Davis machine as follows, An eocentrio at ths wheel end of the main spindle gives motion to a vertical lever. This in tarn transmits it through a ball joint of ingenious oonstrao tion to the only moving part under the machine, 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 thi* crank moves a sliding shuttle carrier. It will be soen that in the Davis there are between the main spindle and the shuttle four points of friction, the pivot carrying the vertioal lever, the eccentric, the ball joint, and tha pivot of horizontal lever. The two principal movements, the eccentric and the ball joint, are adjustable, and the parts mast liable to wear are made of hardened steel. To oompsss the same work the Singer employs as points of frlotion the teeth of the mitre wheels, the two journals of vertical spindle, thje two ends of the connecting rod, and the sliding shuttle carrier None of these places oro 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 it) a thin bar of iron, with a hole in. eaoh end. The end ! which runs on the crank pin is one of the 1 prinoipsl 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 means of compensating for any wear.l It will be noticed that the shuttle of the Singer Machine is oarried In a elide, to whioh a lateral straiu is given by the driving rod, causing a certain amount of friction, while in the Davis it is curried 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 Machine, not even excepting the shuttle, that cav not be cut with an ordinary pooket knife, and there are no means of adjusting any wearing part. In the Davis not osly ara most of the pJeceo made of steel, and tempered, but at every essentia] point means cro provided for takini; up any wear. On this point we may say that where we had any doubt about th* quality of the material employed the the piece was broken and ihs fracture carefully examined. Having examined the mechanical arrangements of the two machine!}, we tested their adaptability for work, and wo noticed the very peculiar feed of the Davis. In this respeot ws» have been forced to the conclusion that for all purposes, sewing from the thinnest muilln to even through a metal spoon, the Davis has no parallel for grasp, or for avoiding that puckering often the effect of the pressure on a fore motion ft.ed. We mußt in common honesty express our astonishment at the ranee and variety of work accomplished by the Davis, which we are satisfied cannot ba done by the Singer. In summarising our report we sepeat that we have no hesitation in saying that we regard the Davis as very superior to the SlDger in workmanship, roatorial, 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 (Soott Eros.), Meohauloal Engineer. T. GLUYAS PASCOE, Manager of the Kniapoi Clothing Kaotory. GEO. P. ANTHONY, Mechanical Expert, from Nettlefold's, Birmingham;, 8300