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Reception => Hi, I'm new... => Topic started by: Footpedal on October 23, 2021, 11:04:11 AM

Title: Hello Peeps!!
Post by: Footpedal on October 23, 2021, 11:04:11 AM

  Hi , Thanks for having me (after probation lol)
   I look forward to having a good chat with people about sewing machines rather than sewing as such !!
Not to say I don't appreciate the complexities and art of sewing itself  8)  but its just that ,as a tinkerer and I suppose a minor engineer , I am fascinated by the way in which they work,and how they all have differed /developed over the years !
  Always nice to have a comfy chair to reside in to , so hopefully thats how I will feel when in here !!
  Thanks again , Anto :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Hello Peeps!!
Post by: Flobear on October 23, 2021, 11:07:15 AM

Nice to meet you Anto! Welcome to TSP.

I remember being utterly fascinated many many years ago seeing some ancient sewing machines somewhere - Science Museum maybe. Iirc there was a sort of bodkin that somehow went / got pushed or maybe pulled up and down.

Title: Re: Hello Peeps!!
Post by: b15erk on October 23, 2021, 11:11:29 AM

A big welcome from me too @Footpedal !  Always lovely to have someone on board who enjoys the machines!

Look forward to seeing some of yours!

Jessie

Title: Re: Hello Peeps!!
Post by: Footpedal on October 23, 2021, 11:18:33 AM

Thanks ,
Being a farmer who used to use a hay baler in my twenties , I was fascinated with how baler knotters worked !
 I could go to some now and get them working because understanding exactly what happens in that very very short and mysterious moment ,helps you to get a true grasp of just what happens or at least should happen !!
Sewing machines have that sort of thing going on ,its all a bit difficult to see just what is up when you have a problem. :thinking:
I know ,I am obsessed !! my other half thinks so maybe ,but also waiting for a hip replacement in a fortnight - fingers crossed- so tinkering with small stuff is satisfying !
I have a Singer 201 I am getting going ,but will leave that story for a thread of its own !! :devil:

Title: Re: Hello Peeps!!
Post by: Flobear on October 23, 2021, 11:27:15 AM

Actually, any sort of old technology fascinates me. When I lived near Southampton I loved to see Eling Tide Mill working and once got the chance to see the innards of the Steamship Shieldhall in operation. And moving to Dorset meant I was never far from the Great Dorset Steam Fair!
I'll stop rabbiting now  :)

Title: Re: Hello Peeps!!
Post by: Iminei on October 23, 2021, 11:34:58 AM

Have you seen this ????? (https://youtu.be/OV_fVPggJbw)

Title: Re: Hello Peeps!!
Post by: Footpedal on October 23, 2021, 11:38:11 AM

Excellent !!

 Who would have known that there are 4 gremlins doing all the work!! :D

Title: Re: Hello Peeps!!
Post by: Bumblebuncher on October 23, 2021, 12:00:12 PM

Hello and welcome.  I had to reduce my stable of machines when we moved to a smaller house, but loved looking at the mechanics of them and getting any that had seized up and running and looking their best.
BB

Title: Re: Hello Peeps!!
Post by: ScubaGirl on October 23, 2021, 12:12:10 PM

Hi, nice to meet you.
I've been researching different machines and their mechanics lately, as I just bought a new one. Love chatting with mechanically minded peeps.  :)

Title: Re: Hello Peeps!!
Post by: Greybird on October 23, 2021, 12:15:13 PM

Hello and welcome!

Title: Re: Hello Peeps!!
Post by: Silver Rose on October 23, 2021, 12:28:01 PM

Hello and welcome @Footpedal  I had my second hip replacement last week and am now learning how to walk properly with two sticks. I wish you well with your op.
Enjoy your sewing machines.

Title: Re: Hello Peeps!!
Post by: LizHartley on October 23, 2021, 18:45:49 PM

Hello and welcome -- hope you enjoy the forum  :sew: :vintage: :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Hello Peeps!!
Post by: Lilian on October 23, 2021, 19:27:26 PM

Hi @Footpedal welcome to TSP  :drink: :vintage:

Title: Re: Hello Peeps!!
Post by: charley on October 23, 2021, 19:43:00 PM

Hello and welcome from me too.

Title: Re: Hello Peeps!!
Post by: Surest1tch on October 23, 2021, 19:48:25 PM

Hi @Anto welcome from me too  :). I love taking my machines to bits too only the old fashioned mechanical ones though, I don't think I'd dare with the modern computerised ones. In a former life it was quicker to try and fix them myself rather than waiting for a mechanic to come out.

Title: Re: Hello Peeps!!
Post by: Ploshkin on October 25, 2021, 09:41:06 AM

Another welcome.  I too love mechanical things - once engines or electrics get involved  it's over my head.