needle tension device was on coils first!

hmm i remember seeing this a few years ago year ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifZYL5Vqf9Q&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb0xT..._order&list=UL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifZYL..._order&list=UL

The second video was much easier to watch than the other two. Really interesting. I want to know what that thing that looks like a 'personal mini massager' on the back spring shelf is!

I saw an even older machine with tensioner about 10 years ago. Nothing new about it, its just a matter who can make it smaller with the least amount of parts and easier to be operated.
The benefits of being an artists and builder...not just a builder.

Time machine used to sell this crazy looking Rubber band replacement that looked to be made out of a needle bar. They may still have it I think it was only a couple bucks

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Originally Posted by Zophod12

Time machine used to sell this crazy looking Rubber band replacement that looked to be made out of a needle bar. They may still have it I think it was only a couple bucks

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I remember that, looked like a paper clip. Kev Heath ,who at the time fronted Time Machine Europe told me they were crap.

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Originally Posted by fkirons

I saw an even older machine with tensioner about 10 years ago. Nothing new about it, its just a matter who can make it smaller with the least amount of parts and easier to be operated.
The benefits of being an artists and builder...not just a builder.

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they do look a bit bulky overengineered most likely by a builder only.

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Originally Posted by slicksteel

hmm i remember seeing this a few years ago year ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifZYL5Vqf9Q&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb0xT..._order&list=UL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifZYL..._order&list=UL

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Complete overkill- what we in Britain would call a "Heath Robinson" affair.