The Secret Life of the Sewing Machine - Remastered
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Publicado 2021-03-13
View all 6 episodes of the series and read about their background on my website:
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The videos are also here @ youtube.com/c/timhunkin1
Todos los comentarios (21)
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The human sewing machine demonstration is a modern performance art masterpiece.
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My Family Business supplied a lot of the information and the machines for this. Good to see it re-mastered and on youtube.
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Takes me back to my childhood, my Dad had a foot pedal powered Singer machine that Dad used to sew a 10 sleeper canvas camping tent that we used on fishing trips. My Dad worked in a leather factory where he sewed many different items. My Mom was a seamstress and she sewed all our curtains and clothing. Those were the grand old days when we made and fixed almost everything, not like these days when things are just bought and thrown away.
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Tim Hunkin: "the magic of sewing machines ... hardly ever tangling up" Me to my sewing machine: you hear that you little shit
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I own a rotary singer and an electronic singer. These machines are both very heavy and both have their own virtues. I make small dolls on my rotary. I make quilts clothes, etc on my electronic. Absolutly love both machines. Been sewing since i was sixteen. I am now seventy and still love it.
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Wow. I've sewn miles and miles without being able to visualize what goes on while the needle is at the bottom of its orbit.
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The animation of the bobbin forming a stitch is a rare masterpiece...beats so much of todays flashy stuff. Has me watching our sewing machine with a much improved understanding of what I have previously considered to be quite magical! And what a lovely lady with her quiet enthusiasm for old machines, another candidate for a fascinating story or two.
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I found it amazing when he said, That sewing machines are designed to last a lifetime. When was the last time you heard that sentence spoken about any modern product?
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A big thank-you to Norman Margolus for keeping alive the fabulous work of Mr. Tim Hunkin, and a huge thank-you to Tim Hunkin and crew for producing the footage in the first place, fantastic!
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Tim, you were making documentaries in the 80’s that rival the quality of documentaries in the 2020’s. Truly timeless. Thank you for remastering these!
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This is so refreshing The Internet has so many painfully wrong descriptions of how sewing machines work. Thank you Tim
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I could listen to Maggie Snell for hours. What a soothing presence!
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Ok youtube recommendations, you win this one. I have two old singers, one treadle that was my grandmothers and one of the early electric ones. They both still work beautifully.
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I absolutely loved this series. Even my (then) wife, a technophobe, was into them. I love the practical demonstrations, especially the sewing machine. My mom was a seamstress and I "helped" her with her sewing from a young age, but I never understood what a bobbin was for or how it worked. Until I saw this. Then it clicked!
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The animations are too funny. In fact, they keep me in stitches. 😂 I’ll show myself out....
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The Bernina machine behind TH during the intro - my mother bought this model in about 1966. She was an experienced dressmaker and said she wanted the 'Rolls Royce' of machines, this one costing more than triple her previous PFAFF model, which she bought when she was demobbed from the WRAF in 1945. I inherited the Bernina in 1983 and it's still going strong.
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As a boy of about 13 or 14, my mum taught me how to use her big fancy, Singer, sowing machine - that was as big as a sideboard! I didn't like the fashion at the time for flared trousers and preferred 'drainpipes' so I took my own trousers in as a boy! Different times, lovely memories. Thanks Tim - always wondered how they worked mate.
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Absolutely wonderful! Tim Hunkin is the David Attenborough of the mechanical world! :-) xxx
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My mother (from Guyana) was encouraged by her Swiss co-worker, an RN, to buy a Singer sewing machine in the early 1970s. Mom was self-taught and her work won prizes at the Canadian National Exhibition for several years.
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I threw my cams away. I just use straight stitch and zigzag . I made all my childrens clothes for school until their 8th grade. Then they wanted to have their own styles. I have used the same machine since 1961. Still love it. :thanksdoc:
