Originally Posted by vintagemotif

Billy or anyone else who may know,

Will a Rocketeer (Singer 501a) work in a treadle? Will there be enough clearance for the belt at the base of the machine? I was reading this blog where this person took a modern Kenmore that he had removed the drive belt from the motor and put the machine in a treadle. He didn't need to do that with the belt. He states that all he had to do was simple pull the knob out to disengage the electric motor. So, after reading this, I though could this be done with a Rocketeer. Has anyone tried this?

http://www.mushycat.com/wiki/index.p...moreConversion

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