By this time, the company also was producing commercial zigzag sewing machines ... The New Family machine was released in 1865. This machine had a lockstitch and an adjustable feed.

You can use an ordinary sewing machine to neaten an edge with a zigzag stitch; however, an overlocker does this easier and neater than a sewing machine. If you're just starting out or only sew ...

manufacture sewing machines using the eye pointed needle and two t[???]s obliged to pay him a [???] The patent of EIJAS HOWE. Jr., covers the made of making the stitch termed the "lock stitch ...