Old 04-27-2011, 09:53 AM
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[quote=Weedwoman]
Originally Posted by BoJangles
Originally Posted by mpeters1200
Here's another newbie question. What are cams? How do they make decorative stitches? Would you use them on a straight stitch machine or does it have to zig zag to make them work. I'm real curious.
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They explain cam as "an irregular wheel with one or two bands of indentations which allows a mechanical sewing machine to sew multi step and decorative stitches."

Nancy
Are all cams machine specific, or are they interchangeable from one cam using machine to another?
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