you happened across a great treasure..I hope to find one one day....

That is beautiful. If you can't find anyone to restore it or if you decide that you would like to do it yourself, here is a link with instructions on how to work on it.
If you scroll down to "The Wood Shop" and click on that link, it will take you to a page with a lot of information on how to restore the wood.
:-)

Yep, Perth is small, beautiful and I think the most isolated city in the world. What's more, treadle's are very thin on the ground. Most seem to be on the eastern seaboard....still I wait and hope for one to come my way!.

gorgeous :D

lovely!!! I have the same one! Unfortunately, the machine was rusted quite badly. :cry: She works, but isn't very pretty anymore. But the cabinet sits at the end of my hallway and looks so pretty.

What a treasure!!

Whoops, I forgot to leave the link for working on the wood part of the treadle machine...
Here it is:
http://www.treadleon.net/

If you scroll down to "The Wood Shop" and click on that link, it will take you to a page with a lot of information on how to restore the wood.