ToolDocs/Sewing

Our sewing machine dates from 1969 and drops down into the cabinet on a counterbalance locked by operating a lever underneath the machine itself. The door acts as support for the worktable, and has a locking pin. A shin panel folds up for sitting comfort.

There is an instruction manual inside the cabinet.

It will be mounted on a castored dolly to allow it to be pulled out from storage under the counter and used in the light machine room or social space.

Many thanks to Bob Dunlop for donating it.

Bob commented recently:

"It has been used with faux leather and PVC materials but I don't know about genuine leather, probably depends on thickness etc. A good trick with "sticky" materials like PVC is to add a layer of tissue paper on top, sew through both and then tear off the tissue.

Fancy "embroidery" stitches can be performed by using the changeable cam wheels that are in a box with the machine. I did wonder if you could create new effects by 3D printing new cams for it. They'd have to be quite tough, ABS or nylon, not PLA."

We should look at the practicality of milling such cams.