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New Domestic Combination Fly-Wheel

The Combination Fly-Wheel
Technical diagram of the New Domestic sewing machine's innovative combination fly-wheel mechanism showing the main wheel, pulley, and connecting nut components

(Pictures and Text Courtesy of Dorothy Brumleve)

  • (A) -- The main part of the wheel secured to the shaft.
  • (B) -- The pulley, which is secured to the wheel in sewing, but runs loose in the winding of the bobbins.
  • (C) -- The nut by which the wheel and pulley are united. A slight turn of the nut with the fingers serves to tighten or loosen the pulley.