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    Old 11-08-2017, 07:25 AM
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    Way too often when I am looking at ads, I see the term industrial used for a home machine that happens to be heavy. Potted machines get that label too. Sometimes sellers truly don't know. Some are looking for suckers. I just thought I'd post a shot of a home Singer motor in front of a real industrial motor.
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    I find that really irritating, too. I assume they are looking for suckers. If they were just average people selling a sewing machine that their mom owned, what would make them think it was "industrial"?

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    Spot on, I have seen 99s sold as semi-industrial on ebay. I have to add I have seen industrial machines almost half the motor size on yours but they tend to be four or six times the average singer motor in the least. The old cast iron straight stitchers are in a league of their own compared to modern domestic machines. For domestic purposes an industrial isn't always and advantage, it has a lot to do with space, cost and portability. It's odd how the tiny motor stitches through sunbrella and cotton drill with ease on a model 15 or a 66, but the same amps just doesn't on more fancier zigzaggers. The tiny motor just isn't made to work hard day in and day out, it's suppose to be taken for a nice ride once or twice a day, and it seems to last for both 5 and 8 decades with a bit of care and new carbon brushes. I'm guessing the old straight stitchers maxes out at around 1000 stitches per minute. There was a speed thest done on a 66 and apparently it did well up until the 1000 range. I don't know what type of motor it was fitted to. High speed industrials are often in the 3000 s.p.m, and I think I have heard of some models doing over 5000. I just can't imagine working at those speeds. I floor my 201 regularly, it's not my fastest machine, but I'm not complaining.

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    Even in the late 1800's the difference was pretty clear....
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    Old 11-10-2017, 06:23 AM
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    It looks like the "big" machine had a baby. LOL
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