Originally Posted by
SteveH
I imagine that is a great example of what the pricing would be if our antique machines were still made right...
Yes, in fact I found out how much one of my machines cost when it was new, and I put the figure into an inflation calculator. I can't remember exactly how much is was, but if I recall correctly it was just over $2000 in today's money.
I read that hire-purchase schemes were invented by Singer for sewing machines. Every household needed one, and not many could afford to pay up front.
I haven't had a chance to play with this one, as it is used by the guys in the warehouse to bind carpet samples.
I believe they have another, larger machine for making carpet base, which has a whipped edge rather than a tape binding. I'll have to see if I can find out what that machine is.
My warehouse experience is limited to hunting through thousands of dusty boxes of tiles looking for a specific tile to send out as a sample, so I try to spend as little time as possible in there!