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Old 07-16-2010, 10:22 PM
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Not that it hasn't been said, but power was out for over two hours today. I could not sew and was going crazy. I need a working treadle. I need to get this one finished I have sitting here. Just need to get the frozen screws loosened.
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Old 07-17-2010, 12:01 AM
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just off to ick up my new (second hand) treadle machine. Yippee.
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do you powder coat your sewing machines, my husband was amazed at the finish on your machines?
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Old 09-08-2010, 02:37 PM
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OK BILLY! GET BACK TO MY MACHINE!!
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Old 09-08-2010, 07:03 PM
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I was sewing last winter when the power went out, I didn't know it until DH came in and told me the power was out. lol
I was using my treadle, I dragged it over to the window for light and kept on going. rofl
Sharon W. in Texas
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I use these lights when I'm servicing machines and sometimes when I'm using the treadle machine. Soon I will be back to treadling, doctor hasn't said I can yet. I broke my right ankle 2 months ago.
Sharon W. in Texas :cry:
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Old 09-08-2010, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by jeannie t
do you powder coat your sewing machines, my husband was amazed at the finish on your machines?
No I use automotive paint and lots of clear!!

Powder coating would be a bear and a half if you forgot to plug the holes up to keep from messing the threads up. And Singer sewing machines all have proprietary thread pitch and there is not a set of tapes and dies out there to be had that I know of. If I can get a set I am all over them and would throw the bank at them.

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Originally Posted by laureneberhard
OK BILLY! GET BACK TO MY MACHINE!!
I have just a little bit to finish up on a 99K I am refurbishing and tomorrow afternoon I am tearing into your machine and sand blasting your treadle. The treadle will be finished before the weekend and the machine will be done next week.

I am really looking forward to seeing how well the plating was preserved under all of the paint so those parts are being soaked in a paint stripper.

Either way I will be sending you photos of a treadle and machine in the nude in a day or two!!

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