Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.

Almost all home machines are lockstitch machines. The top thread comes from a spool or cone of thread above the machine and goes through many thread guides, a thread tensioner, a take-up arm, and, finally, the needle.
The top thread comes from a spool of thread above the machine and goes through many thread guides, a thread tensioner, a take-up arm, and, finally, the needle.

"Feckless —“spiritless, helpless, futile”—is given in all my desk dictionaries, but only Chambers has feck (nice to see a lost positive found), which comes from effect through vowel-loss and is defined as “efficacy” or “quality.”"
Chambers has feck, which comes from the effect of the vowel-loss and is defined as efficacy or quality.

Cummins uses statistical process control data to measure a product's readiness for production. In developing the new Signature 600 diesel engine, Cummins included manufacturing engineers and machine tool and fixture suppliers in the design decision process as the engine concept was first being defined.

Cummins uses statistical process control data to measure a product's readiness for production. In the new Signature 600, Cummins included manufacturing engineers and machine tool and fixture suppliers.

