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I thought I would show you a few modifications
I made to my singer 115 that
greatly enhances user comfort and increases the performance.
First of all,
I put the tension mast at the rear
of the carriage so that yarn
constantly feeds directly through
the sinker plate without any drag.
next what I have gotten is side rails
to bring out
the handles to the front of the machine
This way I don't have to reach up
over where I am getting thousand rows
or whatever. It greatly enhances
the comfort level basically what I've done is create a
wooden frame this is a prototype.
and then
screw it into the side of the handle itself
sorta doesn't swivel around.
This is sweeet. This gives you a basic idea
was also comes out far enough to accommodate Ribber
and the accessories. I will be making
aluminum or light frame
steel one once I have we refine this particular
machine.
Here I've got the machine setup and knitting a scarf
just as a demonstration I'm sorry you
see how the prototype works and how easy it is
and going to go by the hand have a top on the handle
and you'll see how much pressure & effort
it takes to bring across a normal handle.
You are reaching up & over
and after a while it gets tough,
especially if you are knitting a full bed for a lap blanket
or whatever there's a lot of shoulder stress especially your rotator cuff
And as we get older
our shoulders become weaker. So what I have designed here
which is not my original
I'm not the original person who thought of this,
but this was this basic idea and concept was taken from the old industrial
knitting machines many them that are still in use today
In India, in the garment factories
where they are knitting a lot of cut-n-sew. Basically what I have done is
emulated the idea, basically
you're putting your hands on the handle, and you are just going back & forth.
It becomes very easy
also by having the knitting mast
centered over the carriage
one is getting
equal tension across the whole bed.
I'm going fairly
average speed for myself and you
see that the yarn comes straight down through the sinker plate.
Everything just works beautifully.
This is a prototype mind you an after I get it all done up
I'm going to do it up in aluminum framing
and we'll see how it goes thank you