Originally Posted by
SteveH
well according to W&W it was Singers that ran backwards.... hehe
I am in agreement with that. Automotive and most other engines run clockwise. Most fans and other electric motors run clockwise. But Singers and most other machines run anti-clockwise. Early White made machines, W&W, and some others run clockwise.
When I treadle, no matter the machine I use, the treadle wants to start so the machine will turn clockwise. It takes an unnatural pedal movement to start the machine anti-clockwise.
Also when I first started sewing I didn't realize the machines turned anti-clockwise. They were electric after all and I didn't do anything but push on the controller. Now that I have several e-machines that turn clockwise I find them much more natural feeling.
Oh well, I've learned to use them as they come. But my Singer 9W-7s are far more natural to treadle than the 66s are.
Joe