Description: Used - Good Condition - This vintage Tapimatic rug making machine comes in its original box from the 80s. Made in Switzerland, it is a top-of-the-line tool for rug braiding and making. The Tapimatic was a table top carpet knotting machine from 1984 that used continuous yarn. It cut this into tufts as it knotted (the cutting mechanism looks similar to that on an Airlyne rugmaking machine). The machine produced a Smyrna Double knot ten times faster than by hand. It is threaded with several colors at a time and can switch from one color to another. The backing was a double-mesh 3.3 hole canvas which is hard to find nowadays. Modern double mesh canvases, such as Zweigart, appear to be identical to the Tapimatic canvas, but are not always compatible with the machine and keeping it moving without jamming tended to make it rather clunky (probably due to its spacing mechanism not matching exactly with canvas spacing, or the canvas threads being a different thickness). The canvas included is from Australia and is called Pennylope. This item has some scratches and blemishes from use and age. Review picture carefully. Partial rug sample piece not included. This item is Used and sold as is/final sale.
Price: 825 USD
Location: Culpeper, Virginia
End Time: 2024-12-10T21:07:04.000Z
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Country/Region of Manufacture: Switzerland
