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Vintage Home Sewing Machine
Vintage Home Sewing Machine
Home machines are also called Domestic Machine. The reason they are called “house” is
because they are designed to be used in home. Domestic sewing machines are those typically
used in homes by sewing enthusiasts. Because these people usually engage in a variety of
projects from making dresses and shirts to sewing curtains and futon covers domestic sewing
machines are manufactured with versatility in mind.
MODERN HEAVY-DUTY
INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINES
An Industrial sewing machine is specifically built for long term, professional sewing tasks and is
therefore constructed with superior durability, parts and motors.
MECHANICAL HOME
A mechanical machine is more or less a “basic machine” that uses knobs to adjust the settings.
They make less precise stitches than the computerized machines and lack the ability to perform
decorative embroidery stitches. Computerized sewing machines, on the other hand, usually
come with a variety of built-in stitches.
MECHANICAL INDUSTRIAL
SERGER AND OVERLOCK MACHINES
SERGER MACHINE
A Serger is a specialized sewing machine. Sometimes it’s called an overlock machine. It will
generally use 4 threads and 2 needles. There are some machines that can also use 5 threads,
and most machines have options that use 1 needle and 2 or 3 threads.
OVERLOCK MACHINE
An overlocker is a sewing machine that stitches with either 3, 4 or 5 threads at the same time.
They are mainly used to join seams, trim off the excess fabric and stop the cut edges from
fraying all in one simple operation.