Beautiful! My DH is also a wood worker and makes furniture. He made a gorgeous cabinet for my machine, which I love. I have one treadle cabinet complete with working machine, but also have a second cabinet minus machine. Right now it's being used as a bedside table in the guest room. The cabinet is in good shape so I won't mess with it, but I love your idea of removing an old ugly, broken one and making a table from the base. Very clever!