The NeedleBar Guide to

SAXONIA-TYPE HANDCRANK MACHINES

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The 'Saxonia'- type handcrank machine has several defining characteristics. It is very small (i.e. 1/2 or Featherweight-sized), it has a crank handle fixed to a large, direct-drive balance wheel, the lower part of which is below the level of the bed of the machine.

The wooden bases of these machines have a cut-out to accommodate this large wheel. This kind of machine was made by many makers over a very long period of time, and there are both fiddle- and rectangular-based versions.

This is a list of Saxonia-type machines which attempts to pin down some of these makers, but is not complete.

Fiddlebed Versions / Rectangular Bed Versions

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Fiddlebed Versions

#	Maker	Model	Date	Thumbnails
-	Pitt Brothers	?	1882
-	Grimme, Natalis & Co	?	1886
-	Winselmann	Saxonia	-
-	Winselmann	Titan (square body)	-
-	Winselmann	Hera	-
-	Winselmann	Wright	-
-	Köhler	Saxonia	-
-	L. O. Dietrich	?	-
-	Stoewer	Princess	1897
-	Stoewer	?	-
-	Stoewer	?	-
-	Gritzner	?	-
-	?Hengstenberg	Universum	-
-	?	?	-
-	?	?	-
-	?	?	-
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Rectangular Bed Versions

#	Maker	Model	Date	Thumbnails
-	Köhler	Royal	-
-	Köhler	Verity	-
-	Köhler	?	-
-	L. O. Dietrich	Little Vesta (square body)	-
-	L. O. Dietrich	Little Vesta (round body)	-
-	L. O. Dietrich	Little Vesta (round body)	-
-	L. O. Dietrich	Sylvia	-
-	L. O. Dietrich	Vestazinha	-
-	L. O. Dietrich	Vestacita	-
-	L. O. Dietrich	Governor Trojan	-
-	Haid & Neu	Harris K	-
-	Haid & Neu	Queen	-
-	Haid & Neu	Spinney	-
-	Haid & Neu	Keynote	-
-	Haid & Neu	Gamages	-
-	Haid & Neu	Triumph	-
-	Haid & Neu	Universal II	-
-	Haid & Neu	J D Williams	-
	? W. J. Harris (distributor)	Harris (?)	-
-	Seidel & Naumann	Saxonia Regia	-
-	?	Excelsior	-
-	?	?	-
-	Clemens Müller	?	-
-	Winselmann	Titan (round body)	-
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