I think that they are taking the reeds and processing them through the machine (flattening them) and feeding them into the canisters which pulls them into a tight roll. The rolls are removed and used for caning chairs, etc. My mother is in her 80's and knows about caning. I'll ask her to look at the photo. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Barrett<mailto:parino@flash.net> To: tx-etgs@rootsweb.com<mailto:tx-etgs@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [TX-ETGS] Old Photo Try, try again!!! My guess is they are heavy duty sewing machines. Maybe for making brooms. The brain and the fingers aren't working together today. Jim Barrett <parino@flash.net<mailto:parino@flash.net>> wrote: My guess is they are sewing heavy duty machines. Maybe for making brooms. Jim Barrett - Timpson, TX ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message