Did someone totally ruin a treadle?
 

Just saw this ad on craigslist in Topeka. I've never seen anything like it - looks like someone took a can of gold spray paint to the machine and base and decided to "pretty up" the wood. I'd like to have seen it before the "remodel"!

http://topeka.craigslist.org/for/4142642772.html

Will never understand why people do that! I like things enhanced to their most natural/original state. Even if they have to sand everything down bring it to it's most original condition. :((((((

Have you ever thought that the people on those DIY TV shows who impart such fabulous ideas should be brought up on charges?

On the flip side it's theirs to do with as they please. It's not like there's a shortage of them in their natural state.
I had a set of irons sandblasted then painted them red to be used in another treadle powered project that never got off the ground - so to speak.

I actually like it and it would be fun to sit and sew with. If that gets a younger mom or teen interested in sewing vintage then yay! Some people like me just don't like black machines with boring brown wood tables.

i would doubt it would sew. Or at least it wouldn't sew well. The clever, time saver here sprayed everything. Maybe I'm wrong, but the tension discs, and all the parts that move would be stuck. Or when they were used they would be paint cracks and pieces of paint falling off into the handwheel area. Not good and I doubt it would look very pretty. Even in repaints there are parts that are removed or taped to prevent painting them.

What a shame!!!

Well if beauty is in the eye of the beholder, than this beholder sees no beauty at all.

How could it possibly sew well if it's a treadle and has no belt?

For me: Idea:good; execution : poor

I agree if they had/have done it right and it is still in working order then great. if it isn't and they just turned it into a huge door stop then boo.:thumbdown:

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Joe

OH that's just wrong on "sew" many levels!

Should have listed it as a "Gold Singer".

:(

Brilliant!!

I'd be more excited about it if they had done a better job of painting the machine. The edge of the bed looks terrible, and what is going on around the needle plate?

Ick- should have come with a gag warning.

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Got carried away with the gold paint. Not good

Poor baby!

I think it's the ugliest thing I have ever seen. And it's poorly done....I can see veneer cracks....YUCK!! IMHO, of course.

That is almost as bad as this:

I was at a local Flea Market about 2 weeks ago
and almost stopped in my tracks when I saw:

a FW stripped and made into a John Deere tractor.

I doubt it was a FW. It was likely a 66 or something like that. There are millions of them out there. I cringe a little seeing stuff like that but who am I, the sewing machine police? "At least they're not in the landfill" , I usually mutter to myself and move on.

Candace. I love your remark " who am I, the sewing machine police?" and how you handle these "crimes" against sewing machines.

It's certainly ruined to me!

I had the same thought the other day when I saw the wood pants (just thinking about that still cracks me up). Art to some, and as long as it's not going to land fill. There are still literally millions of beautiful machines and cabinets out there. It's just a fact that people are likely never going to need to sew their own clothing ever again in first world countries. It's something of a trend now that some people are learning to sew but there are still millions of machines that will never be usable. It's why we all have many of them and generally pay next to nothing (sometimes exactly nothing - that's the right price) or a fraction of their value new.

There'll always be more, so I'll just take a deep breath and turn away when I witness such crimes :shock:

My husband services sewing machines and you're right, it wouldn't sew right with all that spray.
And the answer to the question at the top, YES! Such a shame, however, I can understand someone else
seeing the beauty with their own eyes. I can't see it though and I tried but my eyes started to hurt. LOL!

An interesting concept anyway, the cabinet isn't to bad but the machine I would never do that .