Old 08-20-2015, 02:42 PM
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SteveH
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Default I'd bet you have not seen one of these before!

[NO, I am NOY buying this, this machine price is WAY out of my range)

Shared with me by Mike at Wolfegangs

This Chainstitch machine was made in Germany (estimated to be around 1890, but no documentation)

There are only 4 known to exist still, so I got the OK to share.

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and YES, that IS a spool of thread hidden there
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If I am lucky, I may get a short Video of it operating to share
Attached Thumbnails princessb01.jpg   princessb07.jpg  

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