AI6YR BenHey, the patent on this sewing machine cabinet has run out! Feel free to copy the design and sell if you like... #sewing #antique
The details on this cabinet are fabulous. I fixed the bobbin winder with a new bobbin tire, still waiting for the replacement leather belt for the treadle. Removed 116 years of four different threads on the bobbin (moldy, stinky, smoky) and will rewind some. Was able to dislodge the needle (20x1, no longer made), will see if a new needle will hold. I guess most people just collect these as antiques instead of use them and keep them in working order.... #sewingmachinerepair #sewing #antique
After oiling it twice, the machine is working again, mechanically. Needs a belt and will try to get a new needle in there (antique needles never work... cut the thread due to the rust in the eye). #sewing https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ngWMkAczh5g
1906 New Home sewing machine moving again
U.S. Patent No. 431,207 (Patented July 1, 1890) by G.L. Gray "Drop Cabinet for Sewing Machines" ?
This must be it... Just for the heck of it, I am printing the patent out and will leave it with the future new owner of this cabinet. (I am not going to keep it, although the treadle is FABULOUS. I may consider another one with a more modern machine, post 1940's, in the future).
Looks like the machines circa 1907 all are similar design... I am thinking people were copying each other. There are two other treadle machines of similar era people have been trying to sell here nearby in town. One's a couple of blocks away from me here, down the street, LOL. (asking much more than my $35 deal)
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I learned to sew on my mother's Singer, which we still have.
I learned to sew on my mother's Singer, which we still have.
W6KME@ai6yr Plenty of companies copied Singer's designs, but all is fair etc. Singer was famously unshy about stealing other people's patented designs, including the one that got him into the sewing machine business. Cost him quite a bit of money eventually.
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John Socks@ai6yr My mom has one like that Singer. I think there were really a lot of them made, and it's really only older people who have a strong connection to them. And so ..
Chris Samuel@ai6yr what an absolutely beautiful cabinet! Love the work on that.
Megan Lynch (she/her)@ai6yr Treadle power is great. We ought to use more of it, IMO.
@meganL Oh, I agree! I don't know why you'd go electric if you can do treadle power, but I guess only for a hobbyist or someone at home, clearly motors are easier for high throughput.
@ai6yr I'm sure there are times your foot would get tired, but the great thing about the transition era machines is that you can set them up for treadling or for using electrically.
And it isn't just about sewing machines. There's farm equipment, shears, and other machines that can be run by treadle power. It doesn't make sense to mimic this in gyms, but not actually use the power of treadles in our daily lives.
Bruce MacDonald@ai6yr This is a great thread. I remember my grandma having one of these; the front edge of the treadle could come down on your toes if you weren't careful.
In the film "Fiddler on the Roof," a sewing machine played a part in Motel the tailor's "Miracle of Miracles."
@rationaldoge @ai6yr Thanks for today's earworm!😄
@StumpyTheMutt @rationaldoge Interesting, similar design but different tensioning mechanism.
Clint (he/him)@rationaldoge @ai6yr Great thread…I see what you did there! 🧵