Using a treadle. (a lever worked by the foot that imparts motion to a machine.)
Before sewing machines people sewed by hand.
They were powered by handANS 2 -Many early sewing machines were powered by foot. Your feet worked back and forward on a 'treadle' at the base of the machine.
rotation, pedal power.
From 1900-1936
The difference between a modern day sewing machine and an olden day sewing machine is the modern day sewing machines are powered by electric and not done by hand.
Same thing used today. Mostly small electric motors.
Oh, dude, sewing machines in the 1900s were all about that straight stitch life. They were like, "I got one job, and I'm gonna do it well." So yeah, they were just cranking out those straight stitches like nobody's business.
Juki and Brother make sewing machines that are good.
Sewing machines are very heavy. As such, there is no such thing as a portable sewing machine.
Just like they do now, except foot powered. Flywheel connected to paddles, band of leather connected to drive shaft. The bobbins and internals have changed minimally.
No but the sewing machines thread the needle for you will help.
Present day sewing machines are complex electrical machines.