Many of the pinkers from the 1920's that you'll find on eBay are by Singer. Singer, entertainingly enough, recently introduced an electric, foot-pedal controlled version of the same, updated for the market with plastic housing and no user serviceable parts aside from the blade.
The new blades are another story - they're an exact match, same size and features, as the old 1920's blades. They won't fit easily until you get a machinst's reamer to take off the burr around the inside of the fitting hole, but then they work just fine. They don't come in the same range of styles, but for $8 or less a pop, it's nice to have options. -Laura On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:41 PM, <h-costume-requ...@indra.com> wrote: > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:53:57 GMT > From: "R Lloyd Mitchell" <rmitch...@staff.washjeff.edu> > To: "Historical Costume" <h-cost...@indra.com> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Pinking machine - was: Has anyone tried any of > these on fabric? > Message-ID: <201102221453646.SM48549@[209.131.91.28]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > re the pinking machine, I managed to get two of these on e-Bay...They (at > least mine) are last Q uarter of the 19th Century. They prefer rather firm > (starched) fabric to get a nice crisp flow and edge...much like modern > pinking shears. My biggest problem has been that they should be > sharpened...find a little old 'grinder' who knows how to put an edge on is > the present question.? Trying to persuade a 'saw' man that 'IT' is much like > his usual foremat is another thing. A few years back when this curio was last > introduced, I seem to remember that a couple of folk had the even earlier > version that seemed to be a scalloped 'die cast' that could make the edge > using a taphammer. I think that that form now shows up with the new and > improved rotary cutter that can employ custom discs that will hand roll the > desired edge. I? also found that trying to set up a tension method for the > strip of fabric being run through the roller also helped to keep the fabric > on course, for a nice steady! > off play of the scalloped edge.? Have fun. > For those of you who can't quite picture this little machine, think of a > little old?meat grinder without the casing.? The rotary section is set so > that the fabric is fed from the rear between the cutter and a covering plate > and comes out facing towards you as you turn the handle. > Kathleen > -----Original Message----- > From: "LuAnn Mason" <luann_ma...@msn.com> > Sent 2/22/2011 2:23:20 PM > To: "Historical Costume" <h-cost...@indra.com> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Pinking machine - was: Has anyone tried any of these on > fabric?Brenna, I think it's me, you and Shea, but since she and I are both > north of the Columbia, the wilds of Oregon proper belong to you! LOL! > LuAnn who is sewing, sewing, sewing, did I mention I HATE welt pockets??????? > Ugh... I'm not making vests again--ever! _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
