Originally Posted by
Caroline S
I am sitting here drooling over that Adler. Congrats.
FYI, your friend may have to make some adjustments to fit the 306 into the 127 treadle cabinet. The base of the 306 is thicker than the 127 and won't sit in the opening. The treadle belt holes may need to be routed out (made a little bit oval) for the treadle belt to function freely. I am putting my 306M into a Model 27 1893 treadle cabinet and these are to two issues that I discovered. The treadle top is currently with a friend who is doing the modifications.
Caroline, I find this information interesting. I took a 66 out and put in my 319w without any adjustments. The 319w just slid onto the hinge pins and sits in the cabinets perfectly. The only problem with the 319w in the 66 cabinet is that I can't fold in down. The head of the 319 is thicker than the 66 - so my machine is always out ready to go. The cabinet I am giving a friend to put her 306 in is actually from a Redeye - another 66. I switched the Redeye out and put in the 127. Is the 306 bigger than the 319? I thought those two machines used exactly the same body, it is just that the 319 has some built in cams, where you have to put a cam on the 306 to do decorative. Now I am curious. I just measured everything on the 127 and 319w. They measure exactly the same - including the distance between the hinge pins.
Again, does anyone know - is the 306 a different size machine than the 319? The 66 cabinet - the one that now has a 127 - is from 1914. Maybe, your 1893 cabinet is different?
Does anyone have both a 306 and a 319 to measure them for me? I'd hate to give this cabinet away to find it won't work. My friend is not good at modifying things!
Nancy