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Old school rig (fed.dyne.org)
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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

6/10. Now if it were a model 66, 99, or a featherweight, that would be 11/10.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

It's a 4423 heavy duty, it's made for bulk and endurance, not for aesthetics

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

For a modern machine, it's ok. The current "Heavy-Duty" Singer machines are really more "moderate-duty" and suffer from significant reliability and repairability issues. Yes, it can do zigzags and other stitches out of the box without an attachment but, can it stitch through two layers of 1000D ballistic nylon with a polypropylene sheet as a stiffener without complaining AND double as an emergency boat anchor? My all-metal, 10kg model 99k (portable model) can and it was cheaper and can be converted to use a treadle or manual crank :P.

Seriously, vintage machines are awesome.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

We're talking about a powerhouse sewing machine that delivers blazing fast performance with an overclocked RPM of 1,100 stitches a minute without the need of liquid cooling (the heatsink just drinks water when he's thirsty).

The 23 built in stitches make it highly programmable in the esoteric Loom-speak language, and it can bootstrap itself with an automatic needle threader, ensuring no performance bottlenecks because of the drop-in bobbin system to prevent jams.

Even under high loads, it can punch through demanding fabrics, and the processing pipeline uses a stainless steel bedplate to feed in the fabics, and if you're lost at sea it can easily tether itself to multiple seagulls with a single thread, scaling to whales if you go for the multithread option.

Get real dude!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

(it's actually insane at how durable that was under such a high speed, I concede defeat here good sir)

[-] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

(I was just trying to find a quantitative stitches per minute for the machine when I came across the that man lad's video. It was especially cool seeing that they were using a machine from the same era as the one that I own - you can tell by the lack of reverse and graduations for stitch length adjustments. Seriously, though, if you have any interest in sewing, whether for cosplay, or anything else a vintage straight-stitch machine will handle anything you throw at it except for the stretchy fabrics that absolutely require zig-zag or overlock.)

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Is that pedal set up up to drive the machine, or is it just for looks?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

It would have originally powered the machine, but someone has swapped the old foot powered machine for a more modern electric unit.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Is that a digital sewing machine? God, I'm so jealous, I want one.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Shadow priest colors unoe.

this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2024
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