[Mariner]

I used to watch my grandma sew with a pedal powered Singer. Must have weighed over 100lbs.

Precision and complex machinery. Almost like a watch.

[In_Iowa_not_from]

I used to watch my grandma sew with a pedal powered Singer. Must have weighed over 100lbs. Precision and complex machinery. Almost like a watch.

Sewing machine manufacturing was once considered a step in industrial development. Every world/industrial power had at one time built sewing machines. From the 1800s-WWII, the major sewing machine sources were USA, Britain, and Germany. Singer and their 'Singer system' of the 1860s-1870s pioneered the concept of interchangeable parts.

Today, most sewing machines are made in China. However, parts are often not really interchangeable to the same flawless standards of Japanese, German, UK, and USA machines of the 1860s-1960s.