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In a message dated 5/3/2010 12:11:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
enginepaul at gmail.com writes:

The  wife, who owns about 20 sewing machines, says it isn't a sewing  
machine.
One clue is that there is no bobbin.


Paul.
 
Ken Christison has found some patent information on a sewing machine  
similar to mine.  It makes a chain stitch.  The machine uses no bobbin  that your 
wife is used to seeing on "regular" sewing machines.  If you look  under 
the needle shaft, you will see a part that is labeled "b" on the end  of a 
rotating shaft.  This catches the thread as it is fed  down forming the "loop" 
on a chain stitch.  Thus no need for a  bobbin.  See patent picture.
 
 
_http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/sew5.pdf_ 
(http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/sew5.pdf) 

 
Always need to see what the old folks invented!  

Tom  Schmutz
Concord,  Va.
germoamer at AOL.com