Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted May 23, 2012 Contributing Member Report Posted May 23, 2012 I suspect it has as much to do with production methods as anything else. Casting is simpler/easier when it's a less complex form. Likewise, as companies experienced more demand, they looked at ways to increase production. Even with the advent of CAD/CAM, simpler=faster=more production=more money. As sewing machine design progressed to include the rotary hook and bobbin, there was little call for the cam driven needle and awl designs like the Champions. I agree completely that there is a beauty in the old styles - Seeing the 3 cam wheels that are machined on 3 faces each on my old Champion lends an appreciation to the skill of the metal workers who made things like that in the old days. Now......push the button on the automated mill, wait for the machine to finish, and do it to the next part. hmmm.....maybe it can be summed up with "Pride in Craftsmanship". Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
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