I have my grandpa's treadle. He did piecework back in the shirtwaist factory days but he did it at home. I replaced the belt. It is easy. Plenty of YouTube videos. It hadn't been used in literally decades but it was covered and inside so all it needed was a really good cleaning and oiling . I made two quilts on it. I have a big dining room in this house so it is opened in a corner and I see it every day. I sometimes treadle a scrap for fun