SteveH

Gotta love the strange little things you can find at a Swap meet...

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This machine dates to about 1900

It is on a "homemade" iron stand with a feed ramp, a front grab handle, and rollers on the bottom.

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NOTE: the hand wheel is mounted to a piece of angle iron as is the "spool pin" (actually a bolt through another piece of angle iron)

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KLO

Hey SteveH, Those last two posts have the photos in an attachment but I do not get the photos when I click on them. Hope you can put them in another way because it is an interesting machine and I'll bet it is even prettier cleaned up.

SteveH

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SteveH

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KLO

Thanks SteveH. Hard to believe that it is the same machine since it is now glowing. Will it/does it sew?

ManiacQuilter2

Congratulation. She did clean up very nicely. Can't find any bargains in Southern CA.

SteveH

Yes. it sews a BIG chainstitch. (like a purpose built basting machine)

It seems that the intent was to have the material being sewed stationary and the machine would move along as it was hand cranked. Can;t think of any other reason for the rollers on the bottom.

I am saving the odd iron contraption, but returning this machine to it's standard mounted to a board, with a normal hand wheel support.

sewbeadit

Really great find, they are so interesting and it looks great.

Freaky_Quilts_Dragon

You always find the best stuff!

Rodney

Neat find Steve! I kind of figured the mods were for a specific task. I wonder if it was for sewing feed sacks or something of that nature.
Rodney