Hopefully I get to see the video and don't forget to search for it. Love the machine and you are right , have never seen one.

It does not look like a needle is in the machine, at least in this picture. The needlebar is in her hand. If you look at the upper left of the zoom picture, the foot has an inner U shape and there is no needle. It is possible it is out of the picture, but I don't believe so.

The one which sold at the auction, in 2011, was in much better shape, so I am surprised this one came close. But... ya never know in the heat of auctions!

Definately no needle installed currently

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I almost didn't click on this posting but am so glad I did - what a unique machine! Thanks so much for sharing it with us.

i'm sure it's less than a foot high, but is it less than 8"? just curious, it's so hard to tell by the pic...

I am of German heritage and would love to have a hand crank like that but I would definitely have to win a big lottery amount to get one. I certainly have never seen one of them. Really unique. Hope you get a video showing it working, SteveH.

That's so interesting and fun to look at!

Wow I don't collect machine but this one is so cool. I would love to see one. Thanks for sharing. Yes I would have to win the lottery to have something like this.

I have never seen anything like it. Beautiful...amazing....love this kind of thing. Thank you so much for sharing.

Wow that is the neatest machine I have ever seen! Thank you so much for taking the time to get the permission to share with us. That has the greatest wow factor ever and love that she sits on the spool of thread.