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oldsewnsew 10-06-2014 10:56 AM

I like the simplicity of that stand!

SteveH 10-06-2014 11:23 AM


Originally Posted by jlhmnj (Post 6917880)
... I'd remind QB members Big Brother / Sister is watching so be careful! Not the Police
Jon

Just to be clear, my Tailor top is not for sale. I am restoring it for a machine of mine..

SteveH 10-06-2014 11:28 AM

Here is a thread about mine. (Used the SAME treadle picture you did.. too funny)
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...p-t233458.html

purplefiend 10-06-2014 02:35 PM


Originally Posted by SteveH (Post 6917916)
Just to be clear, my Tailor top is not for sale. I am restoring it for a machine of mine..

Hi Steve,
Your photo links aren't working. drat.
Sharon

SteveH 10-06-2014 02:50 PM


Originally Posted by purplefiend (Post 6918116)
Hi Steve,
Your photo links aren't working. drat.
Sharon

SOme of the links on the last page weren't working but the first page and most of the last page worked.

What specifically were you looking for?

a_bluescat 10-07-2014 04:40 PM

Your machine
 

Originally Posted by SteveH (Post 6917923)
Here is a thread about mine. (Used the SAME treadle picture you did.. too funny)
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...p-t233458.html

That thread is great. It get's me excited about putting a top on the frame I have. The treadle wheel looks just like yours and measures 16 1/2" in diameter. The frame was rusty so I had it sandblasted and powder coated. A lot of the smaller parts I sent thru a vibratory finisher at my workplace and they cleaned up like new. They have been primed and repainted to match the black powder coat. The treadle is off-set from the drive wheel and the frame appears to be 4-5" longer than the home frames that I have seen. It is not a lot wider maybe only an inch or so.

As a side note a few years back I visited Niagara North Dakota and visited their tiny museum. The guide was a man in his 80's and after a lively discussion I learned that his mother worked as a seamstress for my grandfather sewing the material for the airplane wings.

a_bluescat 10-07-2014 04:42 PM

:)

Originally Posted by oldsewnsew (Post 6917889)
I like the simplicity of that stand!

Me too!

ScottWJ 01-20-2015 11:06 AM

a_bluescat, ISMACS has an entry under Class 31 Singer for your table. Its listed as Singer Table # 5231
Also there is one on fleabay titled "1928 Singer Model 31 Tailor Sewing Machine ....". He lists the dimensions
as:38" x 19" folded down, 47-1/2 x 25" both sides up.
These dimensions match a table I have but I am missing the left leaf.

Lee Copp has some pictures of a restored one with coffin top here:
https://sites.google.com/site/oldiro...k33-industrial

The rear leaf has a complex hinge system that lets the leaf slide sideways to line up
with the left leaf when both are up. SteveH has a good picture of it in his thread.

Cogito 01-20-2015 11:32 AM


Originally Posted by jlhmnj (Post 6917880)
Good Luck finding your top. I'd remind QB members Big Brother / Sister is watching so be careful!

Not the Police
Jon

I didn't interpret that at all....just that he would supply him with measurements so he could fabricate one. Sounds like the police to me. :shock:

xxxxxxxxxx 01-20-2015 01:18 PM

OMG !!!!!! I just upped my head count by 25+. and now read this

I'd remind QB members Big Brother / Sister is watching so be careful!

SEW, That means the MIB and Black spiders opps are coming to get my toys ? Hope they bring more oil !!


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