JeepHammer
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Don't know if the pictures will post...
My wife always liked the older/antique stuff, and I like gadgets of any kind.
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We started over 20 years ago, homestead going as sustainable as possible, our own solar power, water wells, septic.
Garden beds, row crops, home machine/welding shop, etc.
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COVID lockdown gave us even more time to ourselves, and my wife always liked the old sewing machines, foot treadle & hand cranked, although Singer provided for electric motors to be added on when you wanted them.
One thing about the old cast iron Singer machines, they last forever and will sew everything you can get under the feed foot.
I can even stitch through the side of a metal can, layers of full weight leather, etc. They are built TOUGH!
In the middle of Singer madness, we discovered CSM, Circular Sock Knitting Machines which have hand cranks, knit caps, scarves, mittens, as well as dress & boot socks.
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Until well after WW I socks were both expensive, and could take up to a month to hand knit with needles.
With a CSM you can crank out a pair of basic boot socks in about 40 minutes.
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This isn't exactly 'Pioneer' living, home canning/jarring food, sewing/knitting on machines, but it adds to our sustainability, and frankly if you are a 'Gadget Guy' these things are wonderful examples of engineering.
My wife always liked the older/antique stuff, and I like gadgets of any kind.
.
We started over 20 years ago, homestead going as sustainable as possible, our own solar power, water wells, septic.
Garden beds, row crops, home machine/welding shop, etc.
.
COVID lockdown gave us even more time to ourselves, and my wife always liked the old sewing machines, foot treadle & hand cranked, although Singer provided for electric motors to be added on when you wanted them.
One thing about the old cast iron Singer machines, they last forever and will sew everything you can get under the feed foot.
I can even stitch through the side of a metal can, layers of full weight leather, etc. They are built TOUGH!
In the middle of Singer madness, we discovered CSM, Circular Sock Knitting Machines which have hand cranks, knit caps, scarves, mittens, as well as dress & boot socks.
.
Until well after WW I socks were both expensive, and could take up to a month to hand knit with needles.
With a CSM you can crank out a pair of basic boot socks in about 40 minutes.
.
This isn't exactly 'Pioneer' living, home canning/jarring food, sewing/knitting on machines, but it adds to our sustainability, and frankly if you are a 'Gadget Guy' these things are wonderful examples of engineering.