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

Very interesting - thanks for sharing.

WOW, i would like to see the stitching it makes, how neat is that!

It makes a standard chainstitch

Cool - you find the neatest stuff!

Is she sitting on the spool?? Very nice!

Actually, I have , Steve. I saw one, live, in Nashville, at the 2011 ISMACS convention. It was in original condition and categorized as . It was owned by Maggie Snell and sold for $15,000 in the auction. It is called Sandt Princess. It is considered a toy machine. Designed by Max Sandt and manufactured by Stienfeld & Blasberg in Germany.

The other machine designed is that of a clown and is even more rare. My understanding is that there were as few as 2 made.

That's a really cool machine!
Rodney

wow that 's really cool!