Originally Posted by buslady
just picked up a Free #5 in nice treadle cabinet. would that be a verticle feed? out of town and it wont fit in car to come home today so will be couple weeks before i get to play with it. decals r real nice shape and the cabinet needs little work. I AM PUMPED.
No buslady the Free #5 is not a vertical feed. Davis made a Vertical Feed machine, which means the machine has no feed dogs. The foot walks the fabric. I have both machines, a Free #5 and a Davis Vertical Feed. I love them both, but the Davis Vertical Feed is a great machine for attaching bindings - because it does not have feed dogs you don't get any bunching/gathering when attaching the bindings!
Nancy