Originally Posted by HisPatchwork

when i first became interested in vintage machines, i wished that i could somehow find my greatgrandmothers treadle machine. i had remembered seeing it when i was younger. while visiting my dad this week i mentioned to him about the 1919 singer treadle at home..in my avatar..i told him i wished i could find great grandmas. suprise of all suprises! he had it ever since his mother passed! it now belongs to me! it is a FREE from rockford illinois...the serial number is C78415 have not had a chance to look up any info yet,,,just borrowing a computer for a few minutes. just had to share with all of you!

Originally Posted by hspirit_99

found this at a thrieft shop. she is called an Aldena, but has singer decals and serial number. she isnt much bigger if any then my FW

Originally Posted by Aurora

Billy,

A year or so ago I purchased a beautiful Red Eye (1914) to convert to a handcrank. I also have a Red Eye ( 1910) that belonged to my husband's grandmother (shows a great deal of wear and dirt buildup) as it was stored in my MIL's basement for years. The cabinet is is pretty good condition, but the bobbin plate is missing.

Anyway, the Red Eye for the conversion is almost perfect except that there was not place to attach the handcrank. I pulled the Red Eye from the treadle cabinet (it has the screw location for the motor mount). I have attached the handcrank conversion and will now proceed with a thorough cleaning.

I have placed the almost perfect Red Eye into the treadle cabinet and installed a new belt (the old one was broken and in one of the drawers). I have apparently installed the belt incorrectly because I am unable to raise the head far enough backwards to raise the front wood panel to lower the head into the cabinet. I will get a new belt because I probably cut too much off the belt I installed. But the belt kept jumping off the big wheel -- any tips on how to overcome this issue.

Also a bobbin is stuck on the bobbin winder, but I am thinking a good Kerosene soak will loosen it for removal. I have your instructions printed out for referral when I get back to the cleaning part. I just am not sure about the belt problem. Any guidance will be appreciated.

Originally Posted by buslady

Here are some pictures of me new treasure. Found it in Roscommon. Was just perusing the thrift shops and was talking to the owner of one. She said she had a friend that wanted her to bring one up there for her, but she was afraid she'd get stuck with it. She called her, I followed her to home, and it ended up coming home with me. So much for the SM Diet I am on. LOL. Even DH encouraged this one!!

Originally Posted by buslady

Here are some pictures of me new treasure. Found it in Roscommon. Was just perusing the thrift shops and was talking to the owner of one. She said she had a friend that wanted her to bring one up there for her, but she was afraid she'd get stuck with it. She called her, I followed her to home, and it ended up coming home with me. So much for the SM Diet I am on. LOL. Even DH encouraged this one!!

Originally Posted by DonnaC

I had posted this question a ways back on Page 1176 of this thread:

"Can I ask a question about my hand-crank machine? I can sew for about 15 minutes before the screw holding the crank comes loose and it starts clunking loudly (and would fall off, I'm sure, if I just kept cranking!). Is this just something that usually happens with the cranks? I keep a screwdriver right next to the machine now so I can tighten it up when this happens, but it's kind of annoying."

Miz Johnny answered and asked if my crank is original or repro. Of course, I have no earthly idea, as this is my first vintage machine! So here's a picture of the crank. If anyone has a suggestion about the problem of the screw coming loose, I'd appreciate any input.

Originally Posted by buslady

Here are some pictures of me new treasure. Found it in Roscommon. Was just perusing the thrift shops and was talking to the owner of one. She said she had a friend that wanted her to bring one up there for her, but she was afraid she'd get stuck with it. She called her, I followed her to home, and it ended up coming home with me. So much for the SM Diet I am on. LOL. Even DH encouraged this one!!

Originally Posted by BoJangles

Ok now I am confused? That 99 clone has a name other than Singer on the arm, yet it has the Singer badge?

Miz Johnny can you answer that one? Or Billy? Singer never badged a machine, and I have never seen one with any name across the arm made by Singer - accept SINGER?

Nancy