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Sewing Machine

Lock stitch · 5,000 stitches/min

Two threads — top and bobbin — interlock inside the fabric on every stroke. A shuttle hook loops the upper thread around the lower one in perfect timing with the needle, repeated thousands of times a minute.

Key specifications

Invented

1846 · Elias Howe

Popularised

1851 · Isaac Singer

Stitches / min

1,000 – 5,000

Stitch type

Lock (2 threads)

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Sewing Machine
FIG. 003 — Sewing MachineBlueprint Atlas · Tools & Machines

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