Originally Posted by
beckalou
...I would like to know what model of machine came with this originally. I am thinking something Industrial. It is a treadle base, but has a 1/3 Horsepower motor mounted in the rear. ..
Hi beckalou,
That is an unusual industrial stand. It’s called a “Singer Combination Industrial Stand”, because it’s both treadle and electric, and can be converted back and forth quickly. It has a two-piece pitman rod on the treadle flywheel that can be disconnected by removing the coupling nut in the pitman rod, and the electric motor control can be attached to the same treadle plate with an adjustable two-piece hooked rod. It’s one of the few straight-leg Singer Industrial treadle stands, if not the only one (most Singer Industrial treadle stands have the ornate cast iron legs). Many Singer industrial treadles have been converted to electric, but this one was sold to be both at the same time, with only a quick change of the power means.
I have one that is missing the coupling nut on the pitman rod (hard to find), and it came to me with a Singer 31-15 in it. Other Singer Industrials can be mounted in it (my 96-40 machine for one) if they require a 7” x 18 7/8” cut-out and have a 13 3/8" pin spacing.
Great find! Wish it was mine.
CD in Oklahoma