Originally Posted by BoJangles
Originally Posted by Lostn51
He declined my offer but I am going to look at one in my area that is on CL for $75 with a treadle and all.
Billy
Geeze Billy I hope you get this one! We are all dying to know what it was used for!
Nancy
It was an industrial machine mainly used in clothing manufacture and was reported to sew over 4000 stitches a minute! It was mostly used in seam powered factories where you had a central power source and they had belt going from the central shaft to the machines.
Here is an example of what the factory may have looked like....
Billy
Under the table central power (later design)
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Overhead power
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