New Home Treadle
11-14-2018, 03:01 PM
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New Home Treadle
There is an ad close to home for a New Home Treadle in cabinet. They don't actually say if the machine is working. It looks like another that apparently is 1891. It has the three posts on top for tension. I am wondering if this would be a machine that I could use - needle availability and bobbins, bobbin case? Any other things I should know about? Thanks for all help.
11-14-2018, 03:22 PM
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Leon: It has the flat metal piece with a big headed screw and what looks like a curved piece of metal on the left curving down. I have emailed and asked if it is working but no reply yet. We are not supposed to post advertisements I understand. Could I email you the listing?
11-14-2018, 05:31 PM
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Needs a belt (missing - cheap), foot or feet (missing from photo), shuttle (bobbin case), bobbins (long), needles. Sometimes sewing machine lingo is beyond the seller - ask for photos of any accessories in the drawers. I'm not sure about needle size, but...
Go get it - the condition is amazing!!!
Go get it - the condition is amazing!!!
11-15-2018, 05:56 AM
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That is ok I have been called many things LOL. Your leaf tension is in great shape. the decal are wonderful and by the way I have the same machine with the same decals, mine is a Hand crank. I would get the machine and you can find a shuttle and long bobbins fairly easy on ebay. I will look at mine a see what the shuttle number is and PM you later. Leon is a great guy.
11-15-2018, 05:58 AM
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what does the seller mean by "no guts" as it's unlikely they pulled them out of the machine. Does he mean they removed all the treadle parts, or that it comes with what is seen and nothing is in the drawers.
That machine is in super nice shape, and New Homes of that era are not hard to find (only ones in that nice of shape) so getting the accessories (feet, shuttle, needles) are not that hard, though they are only available as vintage.
If you want a machine that you can easily get parts for, then your best bet is to go with a Singer high arm type. Or one of the few that took the same shuttle/needles as Singer used at that time.
That machine is in super nice shape, and New Homes of that era are not hard to find (only ones in that nice of shape) so getting the accessories (feet, shuttle, needles) are not that hard, though they are only available as vintage.
If you want a machine that you can easily get parts for, then your best bet is to go with a Singer high arm type. Or one of the few that took the same shuttle/needles as Singer used at that time.
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