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Jack Daniel (often offline)
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A Singer 29k industrial treadle sewing machine, large, black, and complex
A Singer 29k industrial treadle sewing machine, large, black, and complex

I know my way around most hand crank and treadle Singer sewing machines, even OK with the older vibrating shuttle machines (never dealt with the ancient oscillating shuttles).
Then I face my Singer 29k industrial, and WTFery abounds. What an amazing, and initially baffling, machine.
Clutter for scale.

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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
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@jack_daniel WAAAAAAAANT! that must go through leather and upholstery, like a hot knife thru butter

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Jack Daniel (often offline)
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@blogdiva The machine sews leather well, but straight lines are hard with the tiny base- I'll probably build a table I can slide onto it for bigger projects.

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David Penfold :verified:
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@blogdiva @jack_daniel My Mum had one of them in about 1972! They're very solid and massive for a little kid to marvel over.