Originally Posted by BellaBoo
I saved all the wooden ones I had. The thread's spool I'm using now is more of a stem then a spool. I toss those. I decided long ago I can't save everything that may have a second use.
I collect the wooden ones myself, most of them still having the thread on them. When you buy all of these old treadles there is all sorts of goodies in the drawers.
Billy