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Sorry for the self-reply, but further googling discovered the answer:

Pretty cool looking machine!

What a huge motor! It must have been an industrial machine.

:> BEI Design wrote: :> > Any old sewing machine experts here who recognize this badge? :> >

:> > :> > My younger DD was at a swap meet this weekend, and saw an old :> > curved-arm machine with that badge. :> > :> > :> > Just curious, I am NOT adding to my collection... ;-D :> :> Sorry for the self-reply, but further googling discovered the :> answer: :> :> :> :> Pretty cool looking machine!

:What a huge motor! It must have been an industrial machine.

Motors used to be big. That's probably a 1/10th horsepower motor, something like that. There's a video a very similar machien here:

appears not to have sound, too bad, it would neat to hear it run.

Try a different browser, it had sound when I loaded it.

The motor on the one my DD saw was mounted differently, and it did not have a light. I suspect there were some modifications to these old machines as electricity became available around the country/world.

It is a Wilcox and Gibbs

Thanks, as always, Ron.

• 1 Much enjoyed reading it - never heard of the make before - certainly never seen one. John T.