"rate my grandma's setup" image of an RGB-washed sewing machine

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago

How many T-shirts per hour does it get?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Red sews faster.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    The top does not look like it would work with the bottom function. Those old manuals are super cool.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I used one like that a few times. It's not cool at all. The belt that moves the whole stuff is made of leather and it becomes slippy when overused, which means that you have to keep a perfect rhythm with your foot, and it sucks.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (8 children)

    I love that the new machine is on top of the old one. It's like how we used to do with our TVs.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (7 children)

    It’s not… there’s only one sewing machine there.

    Edit: okay, okay. It is likely that the original sewing machine has been removed from the table.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    And the new one still needs an electric pedal which is not there. Fake fake fake.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Not necessarily. My mom has a similar setup, just installed the new sewing machine on the table from her grandmas old treadle-driven machine.

    Looks nice even if the treadle is useless. Electric pedal can be put out of the way when not in use.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    The table underneath the sewing machine is an older sewing machine flipped under. You flip the sewing machine into the top and it becomes a table. The new machine is on top of the older machine.

    Here is a picture of the same type with the older machine still out of it's nook:

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I’m familiar with that type, but I think the old machine was removed. It would be visible under the table. Hard to tell for sure with the poor lighting though.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    It wouldn’t. I still have one here at home from my great grandmother. The machine disappears completely inside the table top with no parts visible. Like in this pic. Pretty sure it’s the same model as I have here.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    You can't really see the machine when it's tucked in. Here is an example:

    Edit: This normally would have an extra bit in front of the sewing machine to cover that part up (see above for an example). This was just to show that the sewing machine is under the table but still not very visible.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Stitching up a new throw pillow case while jamming to "Busy Child" by Crystal Method.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Ok though. I came from a woman's house who had one of those brother luminaiere embroidery machines.

    You talk about elderly autism. All that was missing was the lights. Every thread color, work stations, etc.

    Woman has over 100k files spread out over 25+ USBs of all her designs. Can be sent an image file and have it embroidered in less than an hour.

    She did need some RGB tho. Bitch had a quilted gingerbread house cover for her mixer. I like elderly taste more to be honest lol

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    But does it have the auto bobbin feature?

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