Originally Posted by deplaylady
Originally Posted by LindaR
deplaylady...I have a question....on the 128, it comes in a cabinet, I see no motor, was it taken off? I understand putting a handle on it but there were no "portable" treadle machines were there? Was this machine electric to begin with...am I confusing?????
I'm not sure what was going on with that 128. From what I've read they were:
"#128 normally portable with hand crank, knee control or electrified"
The wooden top was missing from the box, and there is a hole the box bottom where there would have been a knee control, and the black metal part that covers the electric parts is gone, so I am thinking that someone removed the motor and the electronic stuff at one time for some reason or other. Or it was originally a hand crank and they removed that,which I think is less likely.
So, I will be putting a hand crank on this one, it's too small to slip into my treadle base and it will be fun to have it be portable.
thanks, I wondered how they came in a case? They had to be handcranks. I haven't found one yet but I didn't think I would ever find a treadle cheap either...someday