Mega gross............with just a touch of a sob escaping my soul for the poor machine that once was!

Oh how sad. The seller says "Don't no (sic) if it works." No kidding.

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzQ1WDEwMD...7E%7E48_20.JPG

He was being economical with words, including the word "no". I'd give him $50 just to watch him plug it in!

A word to defend the people who convert old treadle tables into desks etc; while it is sad to think of it no longer being a sewing machine, I think that if a treadle stand/cabinet or machine table is otherwise destroyed, it is great that they are re-used, re-purposed, and given new life.

I don't think that all iron bases/cabinets-turned-home-decor should necessarily be milk-painted with the same brushes of disdain. ;-) I have seen a few (natural wood, oak, nicely refinished) that are tastefully done (read: not festooned with pumpkin and roses applique...), and I certainly think that this is a better thing than letting it rust as lawn decor, or go to scrap.

Just a thought.

Someone else usually has mentioned the same things in the comments on his posts. ;)

I agree. I know of one treadle that the wood is so destroyed it looks like a paperback book that was dropped in the tub then dried out. The owner took the machine out, put it on display and the irons are waiting to be sandblasted (They're more orange brown than black for the same reason the wood looks like it does) and used for something else.

No giggles here-

http://kansascity.craigslist.org/atq/4082130796.html

Me too....can I come and watch...can I, can I?

I am officially in sewing machine lust!!!!!!!!!!

Me, too. I can't bear to look again..........