How a sewing machine works.

I always wondered how it worked, but was too afraid to ask, for fear of looking stupid. So now not only do I know how it works, but i know i am not alone. Thanks Reddit!!!

diamondsknives · 9 months

So magic? Okay magic.

my_Daddy_Died · 9 months

Well that's ten minutes I'm not getting back.

Veos · 9 months

Thank you for this.

ShadyTree09 · 9 months

CravingSunshine · 9 months

THANK YOU. I have always wondered this. TIL.

Savage9645 · 9 months

I could watch this for hours and still not get it

PRochatka · 9 months

I repair and construct Helicopters for a living, sewing machines are still somewhat PFM to me.

signspam · 9 months

TIL I still don't know how sewing machines work

blue_barracuda · 9 months

I've watched this many times, and still have no fucking clue how a sewing machine works.

rawfan · 9 months

The colored version of this makes more sense: http://i.imgur.com/dFfTv.gif

opossumfink · 9 months

If you have never seen "The Secret Life of Machines" check it out.

http://www.timhunkin.com/41_slom1.htm

Turnip199 · 9 months

The mind of a sewing machine:

"Knit one, purl two. Knit one, purl two. Knit one..."

DRTYRYDR686 · 9 months

I've always wondered how those things worked

bigcountry5064 · 9 months

I genuinely appreciate this.

Orobin · 9 months

I have to rethink my existence now...

goodcookgeek · 9 months

thanks for getting me into the mechanics of my hobbie!

citrusjuicebox · 9 months

This is fucking amazing.

[deleted] · 9 months

my life is complete now. thank you stranger from the interwebs, you have provided an animated answer to a question that puzzled me as a child.

razthecat · 9 months

i always wondered how it worked but was entirely too lazy to actually attempt to learn. Thanks to you I have actually learned something today.

Errday_Im_Hylian · 9 months

I've watched this 8 times and I still don't understand.

Magic!

VikingRedbeard · 9 months

I would LOVE to see more gifs explaining/highlighting odd or complex motions like this. It'd be like some awesome hybrid of r/gifs and r/ELI5

TheBIGSUMO · 9 months

Thanks for this. I always wondered how these worked but would forget to actually look it up.

yourdarkesthour · 9 months

I think I was happier in blissful ignorance....

ndiehl2332 · 9 months

I thought i was the only one that had no idea how they worked! I'm so happy that i'm not alone. Every time I asked someone how they worked they just looked at me weird.

omglaz0rz · 9 months

Man I was wondering for quite a while now.

a_redditor · 9 months

This thread again? Alright, who's got the video of how a differential works?

deemahh · 9 months

Can't... stop... watching...

npre · 9 months

How a sewing machine works

I encourage you to watch the entire series

tagbadger · 9 months

Holy crap, I never knew what was going on down there. I knew the needle went in and out but I couldn't figure out how it managed to effectively stitch!

WhyMe69 · 9 months

This belongs in r/trees or r/Drugs........or both.

jeffrexsave · 9 months

Just spent exactly 12 minutes at a [6] watching. I have come to a conclusion: Huh?

IvyMike · 9 months

THIS EXPLAINS NOTHING.

thang1thang2 · 9 months

waits for animation to get smooth

I_Do_Nothing_All_day · 9 months

Im smart so I watched that for like 2 minutes. It still looks weird to me but it explains so much of this universes mysteries

Madvillains · 9 months

Looks like sex.

lalicat · 9 months

fucking magic !

EpicFishFingers · 9 months

So now I know exactly how much it'd hurt if I accidentally sewed my hand a little bit with a sewing machine, thanks Reddit!

eldy_ · 9 months

BRB, gotta reload the bobbin

jdnz82 · 9 months

OMG i've always wondered even as late as last week! thanks

jeanrtt · 9 months

http://www.reddit.com/comments/jiysr/mystery_solved/

mdtoolfan · 9 months

No matter how many times I watch it I still don't get it.

ropers · 9 months

This picture doesn't explain how the thread gets around the bobbin, or insofar as it does explain that, it doesn't then explain how the bobbin is kept in place. Because if the bobbin were held in place by a solid axle, then the thread would have to pass through that axle, no clipping mode on.

One conceivable technical solution might be to use a splt axle which shifts along its axis of rotation, to the left, to the right, left, right, left, right, intermittently opening a gap on either side of the bobbin, so the thread can pass through that gap:

   | ^   R                  //                                              
   | |                     //      _                                        
   | v                    //       /!                                       
   |                  ___//       /                                          
_______             -   // \                                                    
\     /            /   //   |                                                  
 | | |            /_____    |                                                   
 | | |           /      \   |                                                     
/__|__\         |        | /                                                     
   |            |   ()   |/                                                      
   | ^          |        |                                                       
   | |           \//____/                                                      
   | v  L        //      _                                                     
                //       /!                                                   
               //       /

But I don't know if that's how it's really done in actual sewing machines (maybe someone else knows?), and this picture does not explain that crucial point. That's why the linked imgur picture presents a very incomplete and therefore bad explanation: It may make some people think they've understood – when they really haven't. That's bad.

dancingdaydream · 9 months

This is so mesmerizing, I could watch this all day.

mannywall · 9 months

So simple ut so complicated

adrenalinnrush · 9 months

wat?

incen · 9 months

oh my god thank you

[deleted] · 9 months

Thank you for posting this. I was wondering what the heck was going on with that.

TheDuban · 9 months

I repair them, learned from my dad who has done it for 20+ years.

hashtotheman · 9 months

so hypnotic..

CobaltSmith · 9 months

Fucking thank you, I've always wondered how the hell that worked.

maharshall · 9 months

Also: How a repost works.

1leggeddog · 9 months

I could watch this all day.... 5h and still going.

menonitska · 9 months

Mesmerizing.

mavrixwk · 9 months

Thank you. That's all I have. Thank you.

bob69er · 9 months

Too complicated for my male brain.

haloskulls117 · 9 months

Mind=blown

Hellman109 · 9 months

Alternate title: How Reddit reposts work

[deleted] · 9 months

Looks physically impossible. how can that thing spin if the thread goes around, it would get tangled. (cant really explain in words)

Tr0as · 9 months

I thought it was about time for this to be re-posted!

redpandapaw · 9 months

I figured that it worked like that. Looking at my own machine I knew that it twisted the two threads, but could only guess just how it did it.

nobic · 9 months

WTF is this? Since when is /r/gifs an instructional subreddit? Is this even allowed?

BessyBossman · 9 months

This has altered my entire perception of reality...

elus · 9 months

It's a candidate for r/fifthworldpics

nps · 9 months

REPOSTS... REPOSTS EVERYWHERE!

downingred · 9 months

perfect catch by that bottom...thing

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