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.
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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Scored a pristine necchi esperia today. 30 bucks. My wife is scratching her head.
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.
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.
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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