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Page poked in its little behind with a blunt screwdriver (again) (and lots of stuff added) 27th July 2017, and amended pretty much every week since - I also have about 1000 items to list... Sigh...
Screwdrivers
Section updated September 2023Singer
TOSD055 Large Singer 161294 Brown; £5
TOSD056 Large Singer 161294 Grey; £5 (Out of Stock)
TOSD057 Large Singer 161294 Cream; £5 (Out of Stock)
TOSD058 Large Singer 161294 Beige; £5 (Out of Stock)
T0SD043 Singer standard (later black machines); 4-3/4 ins
£4.50
TOSD030 Singer with rivet (earliest shuttle machines) 4-7/8 inches; £3.50 (Out of Stock)
TOSD031 Singer without rivet (slightly later shuttle machines) 4-7/8 inches; £3.50 (Out of Stock)
T0SD049; Singer Spiral handle (early black machines)
2-1/2 ins; £2.50
T0SD050 Singer aluminium (later black machines); 2-1/2 ins; £2
TOSD044 161295 Brown; £2.50
TOSD045 161295 Beige; £2.50
TOSD046 161295 Cream; £2.50
TOSD047 161295 Light blue-green, 2-7/8"; £2.50
TOSD047a 161295 Grey; £2.50 (Out of Stock)
TOSD053 Singer small tools, loop screwdriver and TOST001 stiletto, longer 3-1/4 inches; £4.50
Either alone £2.50 (For shuttle machines, but amazingly useful for all manner of sewing)
Pair; £4.50
TOSD048 Pair 5", 3-3/8"; £5
TOSD068 Singer plastic 151235, 2-1/2"; £2
TOSD065 Plastic, Singer, with wings 3-1/4”; £3
Other Makes
TOSD033 Alfa pair, unused, 6", 3-3/4"; £5
TOSD002 Sears / Kenmore pair, 4" + 3"; £4.50, Large only ; £3
TOSD037 Bernina Key - you need this to change the needle; £10
TOSD116 Bernina 5"; £6
TOSD114 Small Bernina, no cap, 2-5/8"; £2.50
TOSD115 Elna, 2-1/4"; £2.50
TOSD038 Mundlos, wood handle, good, 4-1/2"; £2.50
TOSD112 Jones and many mid-Century heavies (coloured machines) in orange or yellow; £2.50 each or £4.50 pair
TOSD035 Wood handle (possibly Jones?) 3-1/4 inches; £3
TOSD019 Chunky wood handle, German TS machines, Jones etc. 5-1/2"; £3.50
TOSD021 Sears/Kenmore pair, 4", 2-7/8"; £4.50
TOSD088 Pfaff heavy, 4-3/8"; £4.50
TOSD033 Alfa; £1
TOSD063 Husqvarna 3046, 2-7/8"; £1.50
TOSD024 Husquvarna pair, 3-1/4", 2"; £4.50
TOSD083 Winged pair, 2-5/8", 2-1/4"; £4
Unidentified Turning Objects
TOSD117 Big Allen driver (six sided), new; £2.50
TOSD118 Smaller Allen driver, new; £2
TOSD039 4-3/8"; £3
TOSD052 Wooden handle, 6-1/4"; £3
TOSD036, 5-1/4"; £2.50
TOSD062 Metal Loop, 3-1/2"; £1.50
TOSD015 Black plastic handle marked ModdeUtil No 45759; £2
TOSD051 Wood handle,3-3/4"; £2
TOSD069 Black plastic, 3-3/8"; £2s
TOSD059 German pair; £5
TOSD085 Plastic handled pair, new, 4-1/4", 3"; £3 Small only; £1
TOSD107 Bent, 3-1/4"; £1.50
TOSD097 Tiny, flat metal; 50p
TOSD094 Wood handle 4"; £2
TOSD093 Wood handle, 4-1/4"; £2
TOSD092 Wood handle, 3-3/4"; £2
TOSD090 Plastic handle, 2-1/8"; £1
TOSD087 Ribbed plastic handled pair, 5-1/2", 4"; £5
TOSD086b Flattened wooden handle, 5-1/2"; £3.50
TOSD086c Flattened wooden handle, 5-1/2"; £3.50
TOSD086d Flattened wooden handle, 5"; £3
TOSD082 Flattened wooden handle, 4"; £3
TOSD081 Ribbed plastic 6-1/8"; £2
TOSD080 Turned wood handle, 4-3/8"; £3.50
TOSD079 Round wood handle, Gibson, Sheffield, 5-3/8"; £3.50
TOSD078 Wood handle, 3-1/2"; £2.50
TOSD077 Small loop, 4-5/8"; £2.50
TOSD076 Round wood handle, 4-3/4"; £3.50
TOSD075 Flattened wood handle, 4-3/8"; £3.50
TOSD074 Flattened wood handle, 4-3/4"; £3.50
TOSD073 Ribbed grey plastic, 4-7/8"; £2.50
TOSD072 Beige "Smalcolda, Made in Germany, 5-1/8"; £3
TOSD071 Yellow plastic, 5-1/4"; £2
Shuttle adjusters and other Teeny Ones
TOSD040 Shuttle adjuster, Singer or Jones; £3.50
TOSD054 Tiny, fancy shuttle adjusting screwdriver, 2-1/8 inches; £3.50
Hard to see in the image, but these have flowers engraved on the loop
TOSD006 Double-ended, 2"; £1
TOSD105 Knurled handle, 2-1/2"; £1.50
TOSD089 Tiny, plastic handle; £1
TOSD064 Tiny loop, 2"; 50p
TOSD078 Wood handle 3-1/2"; £2.50
Pin Drivers
Nothing to see here, move along, pleaseNot-sewing-machine but still interesting
TOSD018 Marked "Bayko Building Sets", grey Bakelite, 2-3/4"; £2.50
TOSD034 Meccano, 4-7/8"; £3
TOSD098 Lucas, 2-1/4"; £1.50
TOSD100 T-shaped, 2-1/4"; £2
TOSD061 Shamrock, William Marples + Sons, sheffield 5-1/8”; £3.50
TOSD060 Assorted Bakelite-handles electrical screwdrivers; £1 each
Stilettoes, and Poking Tools
Section updated November 2025
TOST001 Singer
£2.50
TOST002 Plastic handle, 3-5/8"; £1
TOST005 Black wooden handle, 3-7/8"; £4.50
TOST008 Plastic handle, 3-7/8"; £1
TOST015 Large flat unpicker; £2
Combination Tools and Sets
This section updated October 2021
TOSP016 Possibly Kenmore; £2
TOSP014 Combination spanner 0.3 in (7.5mm) and screwdrivers; £3.50
TOSP022 Meccano, 3"; £5
TOSP017 For Willcox and Gibbs Industrial, longest 2-1/2"; £8
TOSP007 Triplex Work Well with screwdriver end 3-3/4" long, 1/2"; £3.50
Spanners
TOSP010 Simanco USA, 22003, 2", 5/16"; £1.50
TOSP028 Treadle spanner, Singer and others, 4-3/4"; £10 each
TOSP034 One square end 1/2", 4-3/8"; £1
TOSP036 How delightful, decorative but perhaps not supremely practical multi-spanner 7" long; £3.50
TOSP039 Brother, 14mm, 10mm; £3
TOSP041 Chunky, 3-7/8 long, 7/16, 3/4; £2.50
TOSP042 Little plastic spanner for adjusting Kai? scissors, 1-1/4" long; £1
TOSP006 Primus Sweden, pair, 3-3/4, 2-7/8" long; £4
TOSP015 With pokey end; 0.61 in (21mm); £1.50
TOSP026 Flat, closed; 0.32 in (8.5mm); £1
TOSP045 Marked Jeni Anglow; 0.31 in (7 mm); 50p
TOSP020 Flat; 0.25 in (7 mm); 50p
TOSP029 Button Spanner; £5
TOSP021 Meccano 3" long; £4
TOSP024, 4" long, 3/8", 7/16"; £1.50
TOSP046 Tiny (1-3/8" long); £1
TOSP013 Bent, 2-1/2" long, 3/8", 3/16" + slot; £3.50
TOSP019 with feeler-guage, 2-1/2"long, 1/4"; £2.50
TOSP002 Needle Wrench for Willcox and Gibbs machine; £10 (OUT OF STOCK)
TOSP023 10mm, 14.5mm; £1.50
TOSP044 With feeler gauge, 1/4", 0.035"; £1.50
TOSP027 Securistay "spanners", new; £1.50 each
TOSP025 Vono patent bedstead spanner, 6"; £5
TOSP018 3-3/8" long, 3/8"; £2
TOSP005 Batch of 8 oddments, longest 4-3/4"; £4 the lot
TOSP035 Batch of little spanners; £2
TOSP030 Batch of 14 assorted spanners; £5
TOSP031 Batch of 12 assorted spanners; £5
TOSP032 Batch of 21 assorted spanners; £5
TOSP033 Batch of 23 assorted spanners - can you tell I had run out of patience with spanners?; £5
Lint Brushes and Other Cleaning Stuff
This section updated July 2023
TOBR001 Singer (TOBR001A black or TOBR001B white bristles); £3.50 each
TOBR040 4-1/2 inches; £2
TOBR038 Kenmore "Oiler Brush" on card; £4
TOBR037 Plastic 2-1/4 inches; 75p
TOBR008 Singer brush with card; £5
TOBR033 Wire 3-1/2 inches; £1
TOBR031 White or Grey, 4 inches; £1.50
TOBR032 Shuttle, 4-1/2 inches; £2
TOBR030 Wire bristles (typewriter brush); £2
TOBR036 Unpicker with brush cap; SOLD; cap only 50p
TOBR010 Singer 546358 3-3/4 inches; £2
TOBR013 New, double-ended shuttle and lint - very small, good for transverse shuttle and toy machines; £1.50
TOBR029 Small; £1.50
TOBR035 Teasel (wire brush for fluffing yarn) 2-1/4 inches; £2.50
TOBR003, New, 3-1/2"; £1.50
TOBR004, small; 50p
TOBR023; £1
TOBR005 Ronson, 2-1/2"; £1.50
TOBR022; £1
TOBR024; £1.50
TOBR018; £2
TOBR028 Wire handles; £1.50 each
TOBR019 Felt pad on handle; £1.50
TOBR027 Assorted wire-handled; £1.50 each
TOBR011 Pikaby pair, pink and white; £3
Pink one on its own; £1.25
TOBR009 Necchi, 4-1/2"; £2
TOBR014 Two sets of bristles, 3"; £1
TOBR016 with pointy end; £1
TOBR015 Riccar; £1.50
TOBR021 Brush ends 50p each
TOBR020 With sliding cover; £1
TOBR025 2-1/4"; £1
TOBR026 Double-ended, 2-1/2"; 75p
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Helen Howes
Helen Howes Sewing Machines
1 Castell Farm Cottages, Thurlton Road, Raveningham, Norfolk NR14 6NY. UK
07914 676182
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