Stitch First and Ask Questions Later

When Smith & Wesson and Singer agreed a merger, they created two new products. The hand gun, which threatened to stitch people together, failed miserably, but the sewing machine was actually quite a good product.

Looking like a larger version of a classic Smith and Wesson pistol, its great feature was its ability to store, and quick change between thread colours and types. It could do this because the spools of thread were loaded like cartridges into the swing out magazine holder. It never entered mass production due to the sheer complexity of the mechanism, resulting in frequent entanglements and jamming. (see illustration of basic concept)