I to thought it was a buttonhole machine,(I used one for 6 years) but I could not see the cutter anywhere.As these machines will make a buttonhole and then a blade will come down with GREAT force and cut the hole open. Also not thinking this is a leather machine either, because it would need to feed right to left or left to right not front to back to be of any use to any industry, nor does it look like a industrial bander either.This has got me wondering now, I will call and find out.