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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 237305, member: 360"]Early sewing machines (from about 1850-1900-ish) all operated using shuttle technology. The term comes from the bobbins and shuttles used in CLOTH MANUFACTURE. Like these: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.heddels.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/shuttle.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>On old looms, the thread is wound on the bobbin, the bobbin is loaded into the shuttle, the shuttle slides back and forth between the layers of thread which make up the fabric. The warp and the weft. </p><p><br /></p><p>Forward. </p><p><br /></p><p>Up-down. </p><p><br /></p><p>Back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Up-down.</p><p><br /></p><p>Forward.</p><p><br /></p><p>Up-down.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back. </p><p><br /></p><p>Up-down. </p><p><br /></p><p>Back and forth, back and forth, up and down, up and down, and slowly, the fabric is woven into existence. </p><p><br /></p><p>When folks like Singer were inventing the sewing machine, they took inspiration from the only other machine then in existence, which had anything to do with thread and cloth - looms. They saw that the shuttle moving back and forth between layers of thread could be used to go back and forth between a top thread and a bottom thread, and that this could be used to make a sewing machine. </p><p><br /></p><p>The first machines using this technology were called TRANSVERSE SHUTTLE machines. These machines directly imitated the back-forth movement of loom shuttles. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then about the time of the American Civil War, 1855-1860, the more efficient VIBRATING SHUTTLE was developed. </p><p><br /></p><p>And it stayed like that for the better part of fifty or sixty years. </p><p><br /></p><p>It didn't change again until about 1880, when round bobbin technology came in, with the Singer 15, and then again, in around 1900/1910, when the drop-in round bobbin came along. But these new technologies had to fight against the shuttle and bobbin, which by then had been used for generations. </p><p><br /></p><p>Although round bobbin machines were probably easier to use and more effective, shuttle machines continued to be made. Singer didn't stop making vibrating shuttle machines until about 1960! And German manufacturers routinely made vibrating, and even transverse-shuttle machines, right up to WWII...which is saying a lot, because by the 1930s, transverse-shuttle machines were considered antiques, even by the technology of the day! </p><p><br /></p><p>That's why you have machines like this...</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>...being made in the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s. It's essentially a Victorian-era design, but they kept making them purely because they were so reliable. So long as you can find all the necessary parts (bobbins, shuttle etc) - they'll still sew perfectly today. </p><p><br /></p><p>I use this one... </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/3c/c9/8d/3cc98d98d5d684dfa6fb2c2d9bd13d59.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>...for sewing on a regular basis. It works absolutely exactly as it did when it was new...which was in 1936! </p><p><br /></p><p>Electric machines started coming out in the 1920s, but for various reasons, they didn't catch on. They were expensive (and this was saying a lot - a sewing machine on its own was ALREADY very expensive), most people did not have electricity, and electrical power was not yet standardised. </p><p><br /></p><p>As a result, most companies continued making hand-crank machines well into the post-WWII era. You can find brand-new 1950s Singers with original hand-crank attachments - and that's exactly how they came out of the factory.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 237305, member: 360"]Early sewing machines (from about 1850-1900-ish) all operated using shuttle technology. The term comes from the bobbins and shuttles used in CLOTH MANUFACTURE. Like these: [IMG]https://www.heddels.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/shuttle.jpg[/IMG] On old looms, the thread is wound on the bobbin, the bobbin is loaded into the shuttle, the shuttle slides back and forth between the layers of thread which make up the fabric. The warp and the weft. Forward. Up-down. Back. Up-down. Forward. Up-down. Back. Up-down. Back and forth, back and forth, up and down, up and down, and slowly, the fabric is woven into existence. When folks like Singer were inventing the sewing machine, they took inspiration from the only other machine then in existence, which had anything to do with thread and cloth - looms. They saw that the shuttle moving back and forth between layers of thread could be used to go back and forth between a top thread and a bottom thread, and that this could be used to make a sewing machine. The first machines using this technology were called TRANSVERSE SHUTTLE machines. These machines directly imitated the back-forth movement of loom shuttles. Then about the time of the American Civil War, 1855-1860, the more efficient VIBRATING SHUTTLE was developed. And it stayed like that for the better part of fifty or sixty years. It didn't change again until about 1880, when round bobbin technology came in, with the Singer 15, and then again, in around 1900/1910, when the drop-in round bobbin came along. But these new technologies had to fight against the shuttle and bobbin, which by then had been used for generations. Although round bobbin machines were probably easier to use and more effective, shuttle machines continued to be made. Singer didn't stop making vibrating shuttle machines until about 1960! And German manufacturers routinely made vibrating, and even transverse-shuttle machines, right up to WWII...which is saying a lot, because by the 1930s, transverse-shuttle machines were considered antiques, even by the technology of the day! That's why you have machines like this... [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8b/71/78/8b717841b51f82fc84a8cb5509360c49.jpg[/IMG] ...being made in the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s. It's essentially a Victorian-era design, but they kept making them purely because they were so reliable. So long as you can find all the necessary parts (bobbins, shuttle etc) - they'll still sew perfectly today. I use this one... [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/3c/c9/8d/3cc98d98d5d684dfa6fb2c2d9bd13d59.jpg[/IMG] ...for sewing on a regular basis. It works absolutely exactly as it did when it was new...which was in 1936! Electric machines started coming out in the 1920s, but for various reasons, they didn't catch on. They were expensive (and this was saying a lot - a sewing machine on its own was ALREADY very expensive), most people did not have electricity, and electrical power was not yet standardised. As a result, most companies continued making hand-crank machines well into the post-WWII era. You can find brand-new 1950s Singers with original hand-crank attachments - and that's exactly how they came out of the factory.[/QUOTE]
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