Foot pedals from antique sewing machines
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Foot pedals from antique sewing machines
Often overlooked and very seldom photographed are the foot pedals from antique electric sewing machines.
I thought I'd show a couple of mine:
On the left is a foot pedal from a 1920's Singer 66.
On the right is a foot pedal from a Willcox & Gibbs (dated between 1900-1923).
Neither foot pedal is really safe to use in my opinion. I've never tried the Singer foot pedal as it's wiring is really, really bad and the W&G seems to have a short in it somewhere either in the wiring or the foot pedal.
I've seen photos of this style of Singer foot pedal turned into a lamp. ......
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Shari
I thought I'd show a couple of mine:
On the left is a foot pedal from a 1920's Singer 66.
On the right is a foot pedal from a Willcox & Gibbs (dated between 1900-1923).
Neither foot pedal is really safe to use in my opinion. I've never tried the Singer foot pedal as it's wiring is really, really bad and the W&G seems to have a short in it somewhere either in the wiring or the foot pedal.
I've seen photos of this style of Singer foot pedal turned into a lamp. ......
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Shari
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Well, I've been drafted to do a tute on rewiring a motor so as soon as I come up with a foot controller that needs rewired, I'll do one of those too.
It's kind of strange how things work. I tell how to do it after I've done it, then I find out I shoulda took pics while doing it. Hmmmm ......
.........what I really need now is for someone to donate a complete machine that needs a total re-wire. That way I could do it all in one shot.
Joe
It's kind of strange how things work. I tell how to do it after I've done it, then I find out I shoulda took pics while doing it. Hmmmm ......
.........what I really need now is for someone to donate a complete machine that needs a total re-wire. That way I could do it all in one shot.
Joe
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