Originally Posted by Phyllis nm
Thanks Phyllis.
I need some kind of real thin belt to go in the 401G's treadle groove or else I have to grind it. However, since I talked to Mr. Arbuckle (he's in his 90's) up in Noblesville, IN at Railroad Place about turning it into a treadle I'm doing more thinking. He seemed to think he could put a treadle balance wheel on there for me. I'm thinking real hard about doing that because the weight might make it balance a bit better. Mr. Arbuckle is quite the character. I wish you all could go and visit his shop. It would be well worth the drive. He has every kind of eye candy you can imagine. He does sort of have a web page.
http://www.arbuckles-rrp.com
Right now I'm having trouble keeping the needle bar in it's bracket. I'm considering sand paper to rough up the spot a bit - It likes to slide down and go out of timing. gggrrrrr. I traded out a bunch of rust damaged parts last night - I have a donor Singer 500 - she gave up her cam stack and her needle holder and foot screw and some thread guides - that 401G is looking a bit better. Her paint is still pretty rough - Oh well it's what's inside and that it sews that counts I guess.