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_Aj_ t1_ivdzbyv wrote

Reply to comment by MonstahButtonz in Authentic 1910 singer sewing machine inherited from my great grandmother. Still works. by rainyrew

We've got one on the table that can flip upsidedown to hide inside and has the foot pedal. I don't see, are they good to use?

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mynameisollie t1_ive6nz5 wrote

Our one has a handle to crank it by hand and looks like OPs. It’s a well built machine and still works great. Using a decent modern machine is a way better experience though. We just keep it as an ornament.

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the--jah t1_ivebfjq wrote

These things are everywhere as ornaments My Grandma has at least 3 in the basement lovely things though

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Sahqon t1_ivegpq5 wrote

This one will sew through the original sheet metal-like jeans in 6 layers without a hitch... At least ours does.

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ccgarnaal t1_ivek7q4 wrote

Only reason i keep it. I have a modern machine. But if I need to stitch a leather belt. Or truck sail fabric. This baby with the foot pedal will do it.

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Sahqon t1_iven8el wrote

I have a modern machine too, mum got it for my birthday :D

...40 years ago.

Only thing it can't do is the stretch stitches. But I can't seem to bring myself to sew nowadays, just buy more and more fabrics :/

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_Aj_ t1_ivseuu7 wrote

Yeah nice. So they just have the force that standard modern machines just don't have. I'm assuming the trade off is the speed a modern electric machine can sew at.

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Sahqon t1_ivtpqnh wrote

These are already quicker than a nontrained normal person could sew at anyway. It takes a bit to speed up but then it just goes zooooom. Not on the level of industrial machines, obviously.

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