What's your favorite bit of Vintage Sewing machine trivia?
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I'm supposed to give a talk in April at a quilt guild and I wanted to know what people find to be the "interesting tidbits".
I have a lot of the Singer history, but I'm a little light on some of the other history.
I'll go first:
Sewing machines had cams before cars did.
I have a lot of the Singer history, but I'm a little light on some of the other history.
I'll go first:
Sewing machines had cams before cars did.
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Show which machines have needles that do not face front for threading. Which companies make which machines and how many are clones or badged. Show some of the attachments and have samples of what they do and how to use them.
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The trick I use to tell that is the last thread guide before you thread the needle. It will always pull the thread toward the side the needle threads from. Thanks for mentioning that! I will put it in my notes.
Mmmm,... samples! I will try to bond with some of those attachments. Some of them are quite character building at first.
Yes, I would definitely have to touch on the postwar Japanese sewing machine history.
I plan on taking a clone, a 15, a featherweight, a lovely German machine (Winselmann) with me... are there others I should take? I am also going to be doing a half day class on some maintenance with some of the ladies, so I plan to take a motor that is disassembled, my "tool kit", etc. I'm wondering about other visuals, as well.
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Mmmm,... samples! I will try to bond with some of those attachments. Some of them are quite character building at first.
Yes, I would definitely have to touch on the postwar Japanese sewing machine history.
I plan on taking a clone, a 15, a featherweight, a lovely German machine (Winselmann) with me... are there others I should take? I am also going to be doing a half day class on some maintenance with some of the ladies, so I plan to take a motor that is disassembled, my "tool kit", etc. I'm wondering about other visuals, as well.
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This is the Winselmann Handcrank:
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My cousin has it now, but has said I can borrow it for the trip.
No idea, for that matter, -when- did that start? The ladies want a talk on vintage sewing machines, I can't think of a lot of machines that even have 1/4" markings on the plates prior to about mid-1950? When scant came about?
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