Originally Posted by maporch
Exciting news! My aunt has passed on my great grandmother's treadle sewing machine to me! She knows how much I love sewing and graciously allowed me to be it's keeper for the family. I would love to find out when it was made, but the only model number I could find was partially rubbed out. I'll post pictures below, I'd be very grateful if anyone could tell me about this machine. So far, it seems to be in close to working condition. It needs a needle, and when I work the treadle it moves the needle but doesn't really work that smoothly, it sort of catches like it might need some oil to run a little more smoothly.
Oil everywhere moving metal touches metal and you should be good. you will have to take the faceplate off to get to the places under there and flip the machine up so you can hit the bottom but you should be good. Also there will be little holes that will be on the arm that needs a drop or two especially around the handwheel.
It is a very nice heirloom and I would be proud to ssew on that piece of history!!
Billy