Vintage Sewing Machine Shop.....Come on in and sit a spell
06-10-2012, 12:51 PM
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See someone got a bargain on my Davis----no roadtrip 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/130705398258...ht_3552wt_1170
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/130705398258...ht_3552wt_1170
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06-10-2012, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jlhmnj
See someone got a bargain on my Davis----no roadtrip
http://www.ebay.com/itm/130705398258...ht_3552wt_1170
Jon
http://www.ebay.com/itm/130705398258...ht_3552wt_1170
Jon
06-10-2012, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlee
If it fit my needs, and I wasn't destroying a valuable, rare piece of history, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Go for it!
Someone mentioned antique malls- I've only been to one, once, with Mizkaki, who is a very bad influence. I don't think they have antique malls around where I live. The one I saw really was fun, but the machines were a bit overpriced. Cathy said the one machine had been there every time she had stopped for years. There's one very dreadful antique shop in town here, but she prices her machines about three hundred dollars or more, or she rips the cabinets apart and makes table out of them. Then she sells the treadle heads for $25, except they rarely sell. I think i have bought one machine from her. Whenever you suggest a lower price, she looks over her glasses and says "that machine is very OLD" as thought that settles it. I ask now just to hear her say it!
Laura
06-10-2012, 03:59 PM
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here is the patient, prepped, marked, and consented for the procedure:
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Skip- what would be a nice way to join the two pieces underneath? Laura
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Skip- what would be a nice way to join the two pieces underneath? Laura
06-10-2012, 04:20 PM
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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!!!
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06-10-2012, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Glenn
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!!!
06-10-2012, 06:38 PM
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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
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
Last edited by J Miller; 06-10-2012 at 06:40 PM.
06-10-2012, 06:50 PM
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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!
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06-10-2012, 06:53 PM
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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
06-10-2012, 06:59 PM
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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?
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