It's interesting to look at the names given to a lot of the new gadgets that were developed in the late 1800's and early 1900's. And they liked to give them names that were "new fangled" at the time, like "machine". However a machine simply means it's some sort of mechanical device to amplify hand effort, so this would qualify as an early machine.
I've managed to collect quite a few early needlepunch tools - they were another item that was commonly stored in treadle cabinet drawers.