TRG Restorations

Antique Fluting Iron (1x5)

Exibido em:: Jul 11, 2019

This restoration video brings an antique piece of history back to life! A fluting iron was used to make and launder clothing, specifically fluted trimmings, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This gorgeous example came from the American Manufacturing Company out of Philadelphia PA. These early machines worked by placing heated rods inside of the hollow brass crimping rollers. The rollers were then locked in to placed and the clothing was rolled through, creating "Fluting" or the crimping of clothing that was popular at the time. I salvaged this fluting iron off of EBAY for a surprisingly low price, and was even more surprised to find that it still had the original heating rods! Super Rare!! The restoration was pretty straight-forward, with a few bumps and bruises along the way!