WHAT A WASTE of a GOOD sewing machine!!!!!

http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/art/2229887207.html

Bad boy!!! :thumbdown:

Funny!

:shock: :shock: :shock: How dare they!! LOL Creative idea, but I sure hope those treadle machines were in such horrible condition that they couldn't be saved & this was their only salvation.

My DH wants one. I told him there was no way I would participate in the killing of an vintage sewing machine. He thinks my Singer 99K would make a really awesome tractor. I say my Singer 99K makes a really awesome straight stitch, so dream on.

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I would hope they were well and truly past their use-by date too. They do look nifty though :)

Oh my! The pain, the pain...ooohh!

what a waste. shame on them.

Oh my goodness how very cute. Wouldn't one fit in your sewing room (smile)

Lets just hope they are ones that just didn't work anymore...

You go, girl! Protect your 99K - those vintage machines are the greatest!

How many of us would love to have a vintage treadle? I hate to see this sort of thing happen.

OUCH! He needs beaten with a wet noodle!

I really don't like them :(

Yeah, I hate those, vanities made from treadle bases, lamps, etc. I can't help but think either the one I'm looking at was "killed" to make the item or that others will be inspired to destroy a working machine to imitate it. <shudder>

oh this is beyond awful that man obviously doesn't have a wife that sews

I think these are darling!!. . . THINK POSITIVE. . . they HAVE still been saved from the landfill and someone will still enjoy them for a long time!!

My very thoughts. I would love one!!!!!

This guy could not possibly have a women in his life. That is not right!

Sorry ladies I likie!
David

I likey too David... Beth

On a positive side....they are made in the USA :D

I think they are way cute, and a heckuva lot better than the dump!

sooooo sad wonder if he could make them so that they actually work.

Yeah, that's true- landfill would be worse.

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I wrote the seller and told him that lots of people collect the old sewing machines, working or not, and that it hurts us to see them made into something else...

Did you really???????? Good for you! But I bet he just wants the $$$ and brushed you off :(

I was thinking the same thing!!! They better Not have been able to be fixed!!

I'd love to have a vintage treadle for myself--to use! I do hope the machines used were no longer usable!

I've seen these before and just don't get it... What does a sewing machine have to do with a tractor? They could have as easliy put a toaster or a handmixer on the front... HUH???

I soooo agree!!

It ticks me off when I see a beautiful old Singer cabinet converted to a table or a really nice iron base with a glass top on it. Guess that is probably because I gave up my old Wheeler and Wilson Family #9 for a modern piece of junk and my husband got rid of the cabinet and converted the head to hand crank to make sheathes for his hand made hunting knives. Now, I am trying to recondition an old cabinet that has not been cherished by someone so that I can use the 127 in it, or better yet, the 66 I got . I sure miss that relaxing feeling that treadling gave you as you sewed away.

Okay! So now we need to come up with some way to turn a tractor into a sewing machine! Leave it to a man!

Reminds me of a time a few years back when visiting my brother in Michigan. He took me into an "antique" store where they had lots of sewing machines. There was an old treadle cabinet turned into a glass-topped table. I made some rude comment about it, not realizing the shop owner was close by. He said the machine didn't work so he thought it would make a nice table. I asked what he did with the sewing machine part, he said he threw it in the trash. I was mortified and spewed a few epithets to him about destroying history, etc. He just walked away. Needless to say I didn't buy any of his too expensive sewing machines. Again, I say, MEN!!!!

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Those are really cute.I hope they were made with ones that were beyond repair. I have a friend who is a farmer and loves all things old that would love one of these

I think they are adorable and they were probably well beyind using before they were used for this.

Craig's list give me the creeps. Wouldn't be surprised at anything.