Any old sewing machine experts here who recognize this badge?
Sorry for the self-reply, but further googling discovered the answer:
What a huge motor! It must have been an industrial machine.
:> BEI Design wrote: :> > Any old sewing machine experts here who recognize this badge? :> >
: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:
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.
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