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mynameisollie t1_ive6nz5 wrote

Reply to comment by _Aj_ in Authentic 1910 singer sewing machine inherited from my great grandmother. Still works. by rainyrew

Our one has a handle to crank it by hand and looks like OPs. It’s a well built machine and still works great. Using a decent modern machine is a way better experience though. We just keep it as an ornament.

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the--jah t1_ivebfjq wrote

These things are everywhere as ornaments My Grandma has at least 3 in the basement lovely things though

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Sahqon t1_ivegpq5 wrote

This one will sew through the original sheet metal-like jeans in 6 layers without a hitch... At least ours does.

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ccgarnaal t1_ivek7q4 wrote

Only reason i keep it. I have a modern machine. But if I need to stitch a leather belt. Or truck sail fabric. This baby with the foot pedal will do it.

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Sahqon t1_iven8el wrote

I have a modern machine too, mum got it for my birthday :D

...40 years ago.

Only thing it can't do is the stretch stitches. But I can't seem to bring myself to sew nowadays, just buy more and more fabrics :/

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_Aj_ t1_ivseuu7 wrote

Yeah nice. So they just have the force that standard modern machines just don't have. I'm assuming the trade off is the speed a modern electric machine can sew at.

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Sahqon t1_ivtpqnh wrote

These are already quicker than a nontrained normal person could sew at anyway. It takes a bit to speed up but then it just goes zooooom. Not on the level of industrial machines, obviously.

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