Thread: Sewing machine head base box - Build your own!

I've decided that our recently turned 4 year old DD will not be learning to sew
on the POS plastic "toy" Singer chain-stitch machine that I recently bought for her.
In fact, it is going back from whence it came post-haste.

Instead, I've decided to turn my Great-Grandmother's
Model 15 treadle head into a hand-crank with a bolt-on adapter.
I'll need to give her lots of TLC as she's been stored and unused for over 50 years.

My mother has another Singer in GG's treadle cabinet
..and honestly, I don't have the room for it in my house.
For now, the head is still at my mother's house, 8 hours away from me...
but I'm making plans!

I found a site that shows you how to make one of these seemingly simple
to build bases for heads that we have no cases or cabinets!

http://www.treadleon.net/woodshop/bu...dingbases.html

I'm looking forward to getting started on this project..
and I'm sure DH will love to have an opportunity to use his power tools. :)

Great-Grandmother's well-loved Model 15 Singer machine head.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, incoming2me.

You must have been reading my mind. I need to make one of these for my 15-91 and I was wondering how I was going to do it. Now I know. What great information.