06-11-2021, 12:56 AM
It is remarkable how old machines survive. Fortunately no plastic, nylon, elctronics, chips etc. I have my grandmother's as photo and original receipt somewhere from pre WW1. My father used to say that it was watching the traverse of the layer by layer reel winder when a very small boy which got him interested in things mechanical and hence my interest. It is quite fascinating. Such machines represent the one off expenditure of manufactuing energy which we should be adopting wholescale but which we will not. Somewaht like bicycles most machines were made for very extensive use but most were discarded with only nominal use.