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My pop was a sewing machine mechanic and my first gig was digitizing parts catalogs. Being a mechanic having serviced many machines, he knew which competing bra

My pop was a sewing machine mechanic and my first gig was digitizing parts catalogs. Being a mechanic having serviced many machines, he knew which competing brands have the same internal parts for key functions. Sewing machines are magical things and Singer who had the novel idea of a better up and down and Wilson had the clever idea of the rotary bobbin. Before that a shuttle would be used, it flew laterally and could produce a consistent mechanical stitch. The mechanics on these early machines is insane... it was a great way for me to get into computing. Also part reuse happens all over... Lamborghini’s have used Mazda headlamps.

fein 3y ago
And Nissan. The Diablo had 300ZX Z32 headlight clusters. There was an "eyelash" on the lambo to cover the nissan mfg logos.
- orthecreedence 3y ago
  And for a period, Ford Rangers and Mazda B4000s were effectively the exact same verhicle with a slightly different body.
  - doubled112 3y ago
    Ford and Mazda shared a ton of parts and vehicles over the years.
    - toast0 3y ago
      Ford was a significant minority shareholder of Mazda from 1974 to 2015.
      - Spastche 3y ago
        it's always fun checking the oil in my miata, it's the same dumb dipstick that reads incorrectly that's in my fusion
iancmceachern 3y ago
There used to be this place in Denver, Frank's sewing machine repair or something, maybe not frank. When I was coming up as a mechanical engineer and before we had the resources we have today this was the best machine shop in town. They could make anything, quickly. Props to your pop. His skills were probably awesome. Also agreed on the parts reuse. I design medical devices and I know of heart pumps that have Mercedes solenoids in them, I just designed a surgical robot that I put a ford part in. One of those little clip nuts. It was perfect for what I needed.
LesZedCB 3y ago
in seattle theres a chain called quality sewing and vacuum, which struck me as a very weird thing to sell together. turns out, vacuums and sewing machines share a lot of the same internal parts so for repairs they go together quite nicely.
Moru 3y ago
I have a Bernina sewing machine from 1965. Found the instructions scanned on the net, think it was their own homepage. Machine works just fine with original parts. Has seen heavy usage at a school until 20 years ago when they changed to modern machines and sold out the old ones. Best buy ever :-)

fein 3y ago

And Nissan. The Diablo had 300ZX Z32 headlight clusters. There was an "eyelash" on the lambo to cover the nissan mfg logos.

orthecreedence 3y ago
And for a period, Ford Rangers and Mazda B4000s were effectively the exact same verhicle with a slightly different body.
- doubled112 3y ago
  Ford and Mazda shared a ton of parts and vehicles over the years.
  - toast0 3y ago
    Ford was a significant minority shareholder of Mazda from 1974 to 2015.
    - Spastche 3y ago
      it's always fun checking the oil in my miata, it's the same dumb dipstick that reads incorrectly that's in my fusion

iancmceachern 3y ago

There used to be this place in Denver, Frank's sewing machine repair or something, maybe not frank. When I was coming up as a mechanical engineer and before we had the resources we have today this was the best machine shop in town. They could make anything, quickly. Props to your pop. His skills were probably awesome. Also agreed on the parts reuse. I design medical devices and I know of heart pumps that have Mercedes solenoids in them, I just designed a surgical robot that I put a ford part in. One of those little clip nuts. It was perfect for what I needed.

LesZedCB 3y ago

in seattle theres a chain called quality sewing and vacuum, which struck me as a very weird thing to sell together. turns out, vacuums and sewing machines share a lot of the same internal parts so for repairs they go together quite nicely.

Moru 3y ago

I have a Bernina sewing machine from 1965. Found the instructions scanned on the net, think it was their own homepage. Machine works just fine with original parts. Has seen heavy usage at a school until 20 years ago when they changed to modern machines and sold out the old ones. Best buy ever :-)