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    Quote Originally Posted by Bumbler View Post
    Yesterday's big score - a 1957 Singer 31-15, picked up for a whole $12. Pretty dirty/grimy outside but the inside is clean. Motor runs quiet but the old belt broke immediately (no surprise; it's dried out & badly cracked), so running the machine itself will have to wait a bit, which is fine - more time for the fresh lube to soak in.

    I have one of these as a show piece in my Tavern Room. Check the ser# on singer. Mine say's "Valuable" That is, before I striped it down and painted it. Oops! P.S. You can get a new belt on e-bay for short money.

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    I'm kicking around buying a nice old Singer Treadle machine that needs a belt.. Any suggestions on where I'd locate a belt for such an animal??

    Never mind.. 9 billion videos on the job are available on Youtube and I just had some 16 year old kid teach me how to do it in 2 minutes..

    I need a treadle machine like a hole in the head, but I want one anyway..
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    Go for it. I found a 15-88 for $50 that needed some tlc. It is really a trip to sew with. Got a belt, bobbin case and bobbin tire from an eBay vendor. Watched a video on how to install the belt. Of course after I installed it. Par for the course. Works great and can go real slow and easy or fairly quickly. Sews through a bunch of canvas and can handle delicates. Like silnylon. I owed a ton to everyone on HF that has posted.

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    That's the one I'm looking it.. Made in 1915 I find it cool to use something 100 years old..
    I have an Oberndorf Swedish Mauser that was made in 1900 and I love shooting NRA High Power Matches with it.. My highest score was shot with that gun, and it was 112 years old at the time.

    I don't need the Treadle machine, but I sure want one..
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    Quote Originally Posted by paper View Post
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    That's the one I'm looking it.. Made in 1915 I find it cool to use something 100 years old...
    Me too. I used my 104 year old treadle to repair the bottom of my son's snow pants this past winter. Love the history of objects that work as good today as they did when they were first made.
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    Scored a pristine necchi esperia today. 30 bucks. My wife is scratching her head.

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    Nice buy on the Esperia.

    My Esperia and a Supernova seem to be my go-to machines now...always threaded and on the work table.

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    Thanks the cord is in rough shape going to replace it before I fire it up. I'm interested in trying the funky foot peddle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gr8brew View Post
    Thanks the cord is in rough shape going to replace it before I fire it up. I'm interested in trying the funky foot peddle.
    You rest your foot on the fixed button and roll it sideways so the ball of your foot presses the control button. This way the unit supports your foot compared to the clamshell style controllers that require you to hover over them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bubba View Post
    Me too. I used my 104 year old treadle to repair the bottom of my son's snow pants this past winter. Love the history of objects that work as good today as they did when they were first made.
    Now I've done it..

    I had the photo of the old Singer machine on my computer and a co-worker saw it.. He and his wife have an old Singer Treadle that needs a belt, and is mine for the price of driving to his house and helping him put it in my truck.
    Well, I contacted the other place that had the 1915 model and explained about the co-worker thing.. They dropped the price to $75..

    I didn't need one, and I most definitely don't need two.. And I don't need more projects that cause clutter..
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