Wolfgang typed:
"Willi" wrote in message
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rb608 wrote:
"Tim J." wrote in message

Why? I haven't used one before, and don't plan to learn any time
soon.

I don't know what it is about sewing machines. I'm probably well
above average as a user and fixer of mechanical things; but like
you, I've had virtually no experience with Mr. Singer's device. Methinks
it's that the things are either disposable or
indestructable, depending on quality. I have no doubt I could
master the use of said machine after a few projects, but at my
present rate of need, that would take a decade or two, so what's
the use, I figger.

I'd say learning how to sew a simple rod sock on a sewing machine is
about as hard to learn as tying a wooly worm. Easy to make a
serviceable one.

Absolutely. The skill set required is small and easily acquired. Anyone
with average manual skills and accustomed to working carefully
will turn out a better first rod sock than first woolly worm. It's
no accident that even in this day of off the rack disposable clothing
there are tens of thousands more sewing machines than fly tying vises
sold in America each year and that there are many thousands more
fabric stores than fly shops.

Okay - let me rephrase my statement: I DON'T *WANT* TO LEARN HOW TO USE A
FREAKIN' SEWING MACHINE! Fer cryin' out out - I know I *could* learn, but it
doesn't even make the top twenty list of things I'd like to do before I die.
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TL,
Tim
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