Originally Posted by
Daylesewblessed
Yes, I remember them. I always doubted the accuracy. First of all, who knew how reliably they were calibrated? Secondly, if the fabric was not pulled through straight, but was pulled through in a wavy fashion, I felt I would be shortchanged (am I paranoid?). However, at least when the clerk was finished measuring, she/he could see the number of yards instead of trying to remember how many she had counted.
Dayle
yep paranoid..it was VERY hard to mess up measuring with these machines..the fabric fit in so well..BUT they did away with them when poly became the norm...harder to pull through without stretching it, hard to rip, etc....sad...I would put my machine up against any clerk these days!