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Posted by hipstomp / Rain Noe | 15 Apr 2011
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I recently restored a 1938 Singer sewing machine as a friend's birthday gift. The gears are all metal, which explains why I was easily able to get the 73-year-old machine running like it was brand-new. Singer's plastic-geared machines from the 1960s, on the other hand, would not be so easy to restore. The plastic gears can simply rot.
Along these lines, check out artist Ryan Kothe's "Worn Out," below. The stop-motion animated short looks at how the objects around us can—and will, given enough time—fall victim to the ravages of long-term wear. (I'm still a fan of metal over plastic, though. Lasts longer.)
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I think a more appropriate title would be "Ground Down with a File"
I have my mothers 1936 singer sewing machine that works like new
"Objects Given a Good Workover with a Number of Tools will not Look As New".
Wow...awesome video! Great work Ryan :)
Really? You seriously thought these parts wore down by themselves?
hahaha!! @Mike I was thinking the same thing. Objects falling victim to a man armed with a camera and a small file.
I think he used a rasp on the dial at the end. The rest I'd say whatever file fit and worked. I like the video, and stop-motion is usually fun to watch, I think the point of stop motion is to make things happen my themselves, so I'd say it's a success even if you can see the tool marks.
Appears to be the effect of a weedeater or a drill mounted paint stripper (popular in the 80s) or grinding wheel brush