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James brought a new acquisition, an Elgin 2468. It came with a manual and a set of cams. A sleek machine in appearance, it is fairly heavy and probably is a strong machine for sewing. It has a relatively small, in size, motor but has 1.3 Amps


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John brought a precision controller which he built to use for a variety of things in working with sewing machines. It can be seen in the background of some of his posts, but is thinking of doing a dedicated thread about it and its use. It can do three basic things:
1) It provides short-circuit protection for any piece of equipment suspected of having a short circuit. No big sparks. No popped breakers.
2) It allows sixteen speeds that can allow a machine to be run steadily for an extended period, such as after oiling to exercise the machine, for example.
3) It can provide a relative indication of how easily a sewing machine turns, based on the lamps and amount of current required to turn it at a given speed.


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We plan to meet again in July and as always we will post the minutes of that meeting here.