webfact Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Phuket expat re-invents the way sewing machines work By The Thaiger British inventor creates a new sewing system that eliminates the bobbin When you list the worlds top inventions the sewing machine is rarely included, it’s lucky if it makes it into the top 50! But there are very few moments in our daily life when we are not close to something that’s been produced using a sewing machine. Now a recent patent, developed by a Phuket expat, is set to bring the sewing machine back into the forefront. Templeton Hancock, a British sewing machine mechanic and former sewing machine demonstrator living in Rawai, has created a new Everlasting Bobbin Sewing (EBS) System that eliminates the need for constantly changing thread bobbins. Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/business/phuket-expat-re-invents-the-way-sewing-machines-work -- © Copyright The Thaiger 2019-02-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I wonder if that is a lock stitch solution or chain stitch? If it is lock stitch then a great advantage so long as is easy to thread up. There was time when I tried to come up with a solution for heavy industrial straight stitch machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Have they sabotaged his machine and continue to use their old ones yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 My wife is an accomplished seamstress. I have a lot of respect for sewing machines and those who can use them. The mechanisms are incredible and will work for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieroaming Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Amazing, instead of being a "farang" he becomes a Phuket expat, so that his inventiin can be shared with his proud Thai adoptive country. Looks like he isnt the only one doing some bobbin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupermarineS6B Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Shortly to be stolen and reinvented by a Thai genius ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorse Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Clever sew and sew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxcorrigan Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 2 hours ago, SupermarineS6B said: Shortly to be stolen and reinvented by a Thai genius ....... Or if Edison was still around maybe! (sarc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Troll comments removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenslegs Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 1 hour ago, seahorse said: Clever sew and sew. That one had me in stitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlandtday Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 .... however the project will need to be put on hold as he is being deported for not meeting the new visa requirements. The invention will now be credited to his Thai wife! ???????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadiseLost Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Interesting thread... I'm quite hooked on the story. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadiseLost Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 6 hours ago, Damrongsak said: My wife is an accomplished seamstress. I have a lot of respect for sewing machines and those who can use them. The mechanisms are incredible and will work for years. I remember as a young child, watching my mother on her Singer electric machine, as she stitched that needle right through her thumbnail - twice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1sickpuppy Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 6 hours ago, tlandtday said: .... however the project will need to be put on hold as he is being deported for not meeting the new visa requirements. The invention will now be credited to his Thai wife! ???????????? to be renamed the dip stitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarguy Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I wonder what it will cost to retrofit to an older machine ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyezhov Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 There is your next multi millionaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 There was a Canadian patent application for a bobbin-less lock stitch machine some years back, but is was never completed or was withdrawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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