A trip to Whitehall, PA in search of a walking foot machine. You may wonder what kind of sewing equipment has a foot that walks! Without going on about the technical details, just suffice it to say that in many drapery and upholstery workrooms it is a proud machine to employ. The photos posted are a vision of the now idle manufacturing industry in the USA. David at Atlantic Sewing Machine (http://www.atlanticsewing.com) reconditions many of these machines and gives them a new life in small businesses. You can see the hundreds of workhorses in his warehouse just waiting for new homes. We already use three of these machines in the workroom and how indispensable are the US blindstitch, Consew straight stitch, and Wilcox and Gibbs serger. These heavy industrial hunks are powered by separate motors which makes them fast and dutiful. Give them the care they deserve, and they will reward you with a lifetime of great stitching.
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