Anybody Know about Fabric scales?
#11
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Location: Triad, North Carolina
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There's a machine called a measuregraph:
http://www.measuringmachines.co.uk/mgraph.html
I remember something similar to this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Measureg...-/140438171050
http://www.measuringmachines.co.uk/mgraph.html
I remember something similar to this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Measureg...-/140438171050
#12
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Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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I think those machines went out of service in the late 1950's to early 1960's. They were not being used when I worked part-time at sewing/fabric shops while I was in college from 1967 forward. That's when the perma press fabrics of cotton and polyester came in like gangbusters. Oh my, sometimes the bolts of new fabric smelled like formeldehyde (?) and the odor could not be removed by laundering. The only thing I can equate it to now would be poly/cotton perma press sheet sets with an unpleasant odor from chemical processing.
#14
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: North Texas
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I remember those from teh olden days. They were so cool. The clerk would pull it thru and then click it to cut and rip it. Vintage fro sure. Better check on teh value before selling it. If is works, I'd use it for sales. Boy would it come in handy for me right now. That's the only part of selling I hate is the measuring every piece. Good find.
#15
Originally Posted by Lady Crafter
There's a machine called a measuregraph:
http://www.measuringmachines.co.uk/mgraph.html
I remember something similar to this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Measureg...-/140438171050
http://www.measuringmachines.co.uk/mgraph.html
I remember something similar to this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Measureg...-/140438171050
#17
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Originally Posted by hobo2000
When I was a kid they has this gadget that they ran the fabric thru and it measured as it went thru. When it reached the precise amount, it had a blade that chopped it and the lady would take it out and tear it. That may be what you have. I haven't seen one in years.
#20
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Originally Posted by Theresa
Originally Posted by hobo2000
When I was a kid they has this gadget that they ran the fabric thru and it measured as it went thru. When it reached the precise amount, it had a blade that chopped it and the lady would take it out and tear it. That may be what you have. I haven't seen one in years.
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