Thread: Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell

Laura, I am not sure what pieces you want to join underneath. I know what you are trying to do, but can't see it in the pic. Explain Lucy!!!

My 9W-7 is now in it's semi-new home, the Frankin treadle base.
The machine's iron was damaged in transit before I got it. At the same time the top was badly damaged too. Fortuitously the machine was unhurt.
I cleaned up the machine and wrapped it in plastic till it had a home again.

Today after working on the mower then mowing the yard I built a parts treadle.

The iron legs were from the original 9W-7 cabinet. The center part was from an iron set we got from our LSMG. One of the legs around a wheel broke so I took the center and bolted it to the 9W-7 legs.
Then I attached one of the new Singer pressed wood treadle tops also bought from the LSMG to the bottom assembly. A few more repairs to fix some stapled parts that were coming apart then into the house and down in the basement. NO room upstairs.

I have the 9W-7 in the cabinet now, fits like it should. I've got to put the center pivoting drawer back on and find my belt I've had for the machine, then put it all together.

After that I'll post some pics.

Now, I have 4 fully functional treadles.
Singer 66-4 - Treadle 1
Singer 66-4 - Treadle 2
Franklin 1911 - Treadle 3
Singer 9W-7 - Treadle 4

Too bad I can only use one of them at a time .....

Joe

Originally Posted by BoJangles

Janice, at my Wednesday night Strip Club, we all got a Jelly Roll and raced to see who could finish a top in the shortest time! It is a cool pattern. You take the 40 - 42 strips and sew them all end to end with a 45 degree seam . . . like doing binding! You end up with one very long connected strip! You then cut one end apart, and start sewing the '2' strips together. When the 2 strips are sewn into one double strip, you cut the end apart again, sew 4 strips together, and so on until you have made 5 seams! You end up with a really cute quilt top that only needs borders! There were 12 of us doing these strips - fabric everywhere - but, we all finished our whole top in less than 3 hours! Very cute way to make a scrappy looking lap quilt! I think the quilts ended up around 56 by 66 inches depending on your borders!

Nancy

We did the Jelly Roll Race at one of our guild meetings last year....I took my 301a, and there were a few Featherweights, and lots of high $$ newer machines in that room. Probably about 50-60 machines that day. Guess what....I won on my 301a, finishing in 55 minutes. They let us sew the strips end to end before they started timing. But it was GREAT!! My little Ida beating all those fancy plastic fantastic machines!! Yay Vintage!!!

Originally Posted by nurseknitsLaura

Super cool! love the rounded edges- so many times fabric or quilts seem to catch on the corners of the table. What a great hubby! Laura

Has anyone guessed where the top came from? An old coffee table purchased at our local Goodwill store!! LOL. It is working out perfectly! Not sure of the exact size, but it's gonna be awesome to work on....a wonderful big table to hold the weight of a quilt top.

Originally Posted by miriam

There was a lady at Ray White's class had a rig to put any treadle machine on the repair table. She had a hand crank mounted to the right height - all she had to do was adjust the height and she could hand crank the machine she was working on at the time. It is an old knife sharpening rig. It has a clamp on the bottom - she shims it to height of the machine's spoked wheel. Then she made an L shaped thing to go in where you turn and it turns the spoked wheel - the L shaped thing is out of wood - a piece of wood with a peg - the peg is what goes in the spoke of the wheel. Do you get some picture?

Kind of, Miriam....I think I could draw it out by your description. We plan to make one large beveled hole in the top of this, and then put each treadle head on it's own "key" beveled plate that will fit into the hole. I am going to try a stretchy cord for a treadle belt. I ordered one, and when it arrived it turned out to be not stretchy enough. So, I have to look for something else...any suggestions? Anyway, we are working this project out one step at a time. Anyone with suggestions, they are welcomed!