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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
daniel_bohrer@chaos.social ("Daniel Bohrer") wrote:
"I don't like these old sewing machines, they can only do straight stitches. How are you gonna do button holes?!"
Well, 1950's tech had a solution for that.
(Disassembly in the thread above)
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- The buttonholer in action: first a template is inserted, then the device is screwed onto the needle bar of on old sewing machine, so that its movable lever slots over the screw that holds the needle. When sewing, it transports the fabric in a zig-zag motion along the outline of the buttonhole that is defined by the template. Finally, the thread is sewn up by hand, and the slot between the two zig-zag lines is opened up with a razor blade, and – tadaaa – there is a button hole! (remote)