Quote:
Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
People who can sew will be worth their weight in gold. A foot-pumped sweing machine will be a treasure.
|
With a little ingenuity and some hardware, an even an EMP-fried electric sewing machine could be converted to muscle power by the simple expedient of adding a crank handle/knob to the hand wheel. This arrangement might require the assistance of a second person ("or an intelligent child" in the vernacular of Victorian advertisements)--one to crank, the other to feed the cloth through. An even better set-up would be to add a pulley/belt arrangement and mount the whole thing on a stationary bicycle. Make that a multi-speed bike with extremely low gear ratios for sewing canvas or leather.
__________________
"Let's roll." Todd Beamer, aboard United Flight 93 over western Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001.
|