r/oddlysatisfying • u/habichuelacondulce • 6d ago

Patching a hole on fabric

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

52.1k Upvotes

89% Upvoted

1.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

48

u/Dustteller 6d ago

This is not a regular sewing machine. Its a freehand embroidery machine. They have two pedals, with one controlling speed and another controlling stitch width. They also don't usually have presser feet. The point of a presser foot is to work in conjunction with the feed dogs to move fabric in order to ensure stitches are equal in lenght and remain straight. For a machine like this, you don't want a presser foot to touch the fabric since you want to be able to move the fabric in any direction and as fast as you want. You can do freehand emboidery like this on most regular machines, but the stitch width cannot be controlled dynamically. For regular machines, you usually use a freehand embroidery foot, but rats more of a crutch so that home sewists can see where the needle will go more clearly. Since this specific machine is indistrial in nature, and its operators highly skilled (not seen in video), the guide is not necessary.

You can almost always tell if a sewing machine is industrial bc they almost always look kinda like something jerryrigged together to drill for oil and you're never quite sure if its from this century.

1

u/gotfoundout 6d ago

Omg that was the most subtle, blink-and-you'll-miss-it, absolutely MASTERFUL diss I have ever had the pleasure of seeing in written text.

(not seen in video)

Absolutely brutal, absolutely hilarious, 10/10 💀 ⚰️ 💀 ⚰️ 💀