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Google (search) for vintage Kenmore sewing machines. It could be the 1930,s or 1950's. More research is needed! Link to get started:
You need a White Rotary bobbin. They are currently available (as of Dec 2011). You can get them through Quality Sewing in Tacoma, WA. Their website is QualitySewing.com but I do not know if they can be purchased through the website.
In order to perform overlocking, which is also referred to as "serging" or "overedging", one will need to purchase an overlock sewing machine, as it has different operating parts from a regular sewing machine.
the sewing machine impacted America and New York because if the sewing machine was never invented, we would still be at the basics of making clothes. The need for clothing was needed for soldiers during the Civil War increased the use of the sewing machine in both factories and homes.
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Individual people were needed to sew things by hand, the sewing machine would reduce the amount of people it would take to sew items by hand.
Generally, you'll need industrial sewing machines such as the Consew brand. They can be more expensive, but they sew faster and are more durable than home machines.
When one sewing machine needed a repair. Try bringing it on the electronic shop or hardware shop. Or hire a on call mechanic for it to get fix. If not might as well sell it in junk shop.
It was made to make cloth and /or clothes for the people who needed it and used it to help around.
The sewing machine changed the way people made clothes, and needles were no longer needed. You didn't even have to know how to sew to sew! It did cause danger of your hand getting stuck, but if you used this new invention carefully, it payed off.
Singer Sewing Machine late 1800's first machine had 800 moving parts, and Singer needed maintainence facilities so they franchised outlets to do service work
Walter Hunt was the first American to build a working sewing machine, but he didn't patent his invention. He did not want to cause seamstresses to loose their jobs. Elias Howe invented the first Automatic Sewing Machine. Howe obtained the first patent for the machine. Howe worked for Ari Davis and fixed nautical equipment and was constantly working on sewing machine in need of repair. These machines inspired him to create a sewing machine that was would fit the need of seamstresses. Watching his wife sew, he realized he needed to work on a machine that would use thread supplied from two different sources.