LOL! I am dumb to treadles. I have my grandmother's old Singer and I would love to sew with it. Some of my sweetest childhood memories are of sitting her lap while she treadled away and let me guide fabric scraps all over! I wish I knew how to fill the bobbin and thread it up. I can operate my Janome 10001 without thinking, but can't figure out how to make the oldie go!