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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 237291, member: 360"]Thanks, Aquitaine!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some extra/better photographs: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8b/71/78/8b717841b51f82fc84a8cb5509360c49.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The machine is covered in a thick, black paint-like lacquer which they called Japanning (after Japanese-style lacquer). Japanning was extremely common antique machines - it was the one reliable way to stop the cast iron bodies from rusting. It also allowed artisans to have a smooth, clean, polished surface to decorate. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/aa/a6/1b/aaa61b67a9200b9fd4e0344377602ff7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The steel parts (the various plates, levers and wheels) are plated in nickel, to prevent rusting. One of the plates reads: </p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>"MANUFACTURED IN GERMANY SPECIALLY FOR HUGO WERTHEIM"</b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p><i><b><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c0/1b/b7/c01bb7313ea4abc6608008c83ca056ee.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p><i><b><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/af/88/65/af8865e04f3a46dea5ddad0f67bae4e9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p>Unlike American machines, German machines tended to have offset cranks. I'm not sure why. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/14/8c/a7/148ca7c5b6dbfb5f7ef969637badfafa.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the many features which make German sewing machines technically superior to American machines of the same era is the little touches and considerations that the manufacturers included in their machines - like the built-in shuttle-launcher, to flip the shuttle out of the race when it came time to change the bobbin! </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/83/c6/21/83c62126972b368171199d1d91ec6376.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 237291, member: 360"]Thanks, Aquitaine! Here are some extra/better photographs: [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8b/71/78/8b717841b51f82fc84a8cb5509360c49.jpg[/IMG] The machine is covered in a thick, black paint-like lacquer which they called Japanning (after Japanese-style lacquer). Japanning was extremely common antique machines - it was the one reliable way to stop the cast iron bodies from rusting. It also allowed artisans to have a smooth, clean, polished surface to decorate. [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/aa/a6/1b/aaa61b67a9200b9fd4e0344377602ff7.jpg[/IMG] The steel parts (the various plates, levers and wheels) are plated in nickel, to prevent rusting. One of the plates reads: [I][B]"MANUFACTURED IN GERMANY SPECIALLY FOR HUGO WERTHEIM" [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c0/1b/b7/c01bb7313ea4abc6608008c83ca056ee.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/af/88/65/af8865e04f3a46dea5ddad0f67bae4e9.jpg[/IMG] [/B][/I] Unlike American machines, German machines tended to have offset cranks. I'm not sure why. [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/14/8c/a7/148ca7c5b6dbfb5f7ef969637badfafa.jpg[/IMG] One of the many features which make German sewing machines technically superior to American machines of the same era is the little touches and considerations that the manufacturers included in their machines - like the built-in shuttle-launcher, to flip the shuttle out of the race when it came time to change the bobbin! [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/83/c6/21/83c62126972b368171199d1d91ec6376.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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