Is this a silly Idea?
06-15-2011, 09:34 AM
#72
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Personally i think it's a brilliant idea, and can see no down side to it, after all in the early part of the century that was all they could use, i envy you, wish i had the room for one, as they are so cheap here in the UK,
06-15-2011, 10:13 AM
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Wonderful idea! Soooo peaceful! When we go camping, I sew on the picnic table outside. It's so different from sewing indoors. I never want to quit for the day. It's hard to discribe. I love it!!!
06-15-2011, 10:39 AM
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Have you considered solar elctric. You can set up a system by yourself (DIY) for just one or 2 appliances. Look at Mother Earth News magazine for ads on solar electicity. Sounds like a great idea, the treadle machine and sewing outside. Take care.
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06-15-2011, 10:50 AM
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I didn't read all the posts - too many - but my concern in Georgia would be that the humidity would get to the machine during the times when it is stored. Do you have a climate-controlled place you could keep it when you are not at the farm?
06-15-2011, 11:20 AM
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I live in GA too and so I have to ask....gnats, bees and mosquitoes???? All bugs love me (to bite or harass me) so I probably wouldn't do this for that reason. It sounds blissfully relaxing though, barring the bugs!
06-15-2011, 12:11 PM
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My farm is in Tennessee, we haven't had a problem with mosquitos this year. Hubby usually treats the area, we use it all summer long.
I hadn't thought about the weight, but we usually have friends around that don't mine doing little things for me ( I feed them).
Keeping it well oiled I understand and could do. I was thinking to keeping it in the shed over the summer and move it to the farm house in the winter. Maybe I should use one of those moving cloths and keep it wrapped in the shed.
I spend many hours out there each summer and have never had a feather friend fly over me and make a deposit. Could happen but seems to be a long shot.
I hadn't thought about the weight, but we usually have friends around that don't mine doing little things for me ( I feed them).
Keeping it well oiled I understand and could do. I was thinking to keeping it in the shed over the summer and move it to the farm house in the winter. Maybe I should use one of those moving cloths and keep it wrapped in the shed.
I spend many hours out there each summer and have never had a feather friend fly over me and make a deposit. Could happen but seems to be a long shot.
06-15-2011, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by DebbyT
Sounds peacefull. I might concide a screened tent with a floor to minimize on the bugs. It may be too hot during the day, and too dark at night, unless you can rig up some lighting. Then the light would surely draw in the bugs. I have a treadle at my farm and am concidering the same thing. I have the screen tent but the bugs are brutal.
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