Old 05-01-2012, 09:32 AM
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Charlee
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Originally Posted by jljack View Post
Thanks, Charlee....I knew you or Monica would have the answer. It was going along fine...in fact, it was just whipping along! That thing is FAST! Then all of a sudden the belt started slipping out of the groove. I suspected it had stretched, but wanted to be sure that was the problem before I cut it off again.
I read somewhere that the DVF machines were engineered to make 1200 stitches per minute....considering that these are treadle or handcrank machines, that's incredibly fast for their time of manufacture!
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