Vintage Longarms
05-10-2010, 07:21 PM
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Since there has been a HUGE interest in the vintage machines and the VSMS and the Virtual section I thought this might be interesting to post this.
I myself want a long arm and I will get one although dropping $15,000 on one is out of my range so I thought I would check into the "Vintage" types that are out there. True these are in all reality industrial machines but just because they are industrial does not mean that you have to sew heavy material with them. The industrials were mainly used for speed and production and not 1/4" leather.
I am looking at the 31-15 because it uses the standard class 15 bobbin and it has a nice deep arm. But they had some that were EXTREMELY long and they would be something else to use for a long arm.
Of course mine will be treadle operated unless I get sonething else than I will build a frame for it and use it like you would the new fangled versions.
But here are a few scans from the factory manuals.
Billy
I myself want a long arm and I will get one although dropping $15,000 on one is out of my range so I thought I would check into the "Vintage" types that are out there. True these are in all reality industrial machines but just because they are industrial does not mean that you have to sew heavy material with them. The industrials were mainly used for speed and production and not 1/4" leather.
I am looking at the 31-15 because it uses the standard class 15 bobbin and it has a nice deep arm. But they had some that were EXTREMELY long and they would be something else to use for a long arm.
Of course mine will be treadle operated unless I get sonething else than I will build a frame for it and use it like you would the new fangled versions.
But here are a few scans from the factory manuals.
Billy
12-102 It has 11" between the needle and pillar
[ATTACH=CONFIG]59153[/ATTACH]
31-15 this one is from 1918
[ATTACH=CONFIG]59154[/ATTACH]
31-15 This machine has 10.5" between needle and pillar
[ATTACH=CONFIG]59218[/ATTACH]
Hows this for a long arm!!!
[ATTACH=CONFIG]59548[/ATTACH]
05-10-2010, 08:16 PM
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I've seen some kind of like these on Craigslist, but they were more modern. They were listed as industrial and had long arms with a table. I've wondered if they would sew quilting weight fabric. The price of the machines I saw was less than $500, some half that.
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