Originally Posted by
J Miller
Nancy,
I suggested to my wife that we convert 'her' 319K to a treadle machine and she gave me on of those looks.
Unless a person lives where there is no electricity I don't see any advantage to converting such machines to run on treadles. I've got 4 original treadles now and they do fine. And I've got an empty treadle cabinet and base that's looking for a resident. So one never can tell what I just might stick in there. My only desire is to have a good solid treadle machine that has a reverse. I just might put my 66-18 in a treadle cabinet, but so far it lives in a bent wood case.
Joe
Joe find a 15-88 or most all 15's except the really really early ones do have reverse! I have a 15-88 treadle that I love!
My 319 is in treadle just because I think it is so cool to treadle a machine with decorative stitches! Good exercise too!
Nancy