Picked this treadle machine up Saturday!
 

I won this Willard Treadle machine on ebay for $35... local pickup, well an hour drive.... I got it home, oiled it, wiped her down, treaded the shuttle bobbin and treaded it and after a little while of adjusting the tension.... she sews like a dream.............. Great find... well at least I think so. John thinks I have a sickness ...

Yeah i really like it.. the shellac is dry, might end up redoing the cabinet... just taking off the shellac, not the stain...

Wow! What a great purchase! I'm starting to think I may have an illness, too. How do you diagnose it, though? I really didn't start out collecting vintage machines, but I seem to have 3. I have been telling myself I don't need a treadle machine. I could be wrong. If I came across a buy like that, I wouldn't be able to resist.

Wonderful, really great score!!!

well, I stop counting at about 27! i am not sure how many now... I bought more, gave away more, lost a couple of them from being at friends home that doesnt bother with me anymore and I am sure I will never recover them.... I do have some that I am going to try to sell whenever I get chance to go through all of them... Just do not know which ones to part with... Oh you need more dear!

Nice find!

Well if it is a sickness that's one disease I wouldn't mind having! That was a great score!

Lovely machine and cabinet!

Great find! And, we all probably do have a "sickness"...sometimes one just doesn't want to be cured....lol..
K

Sickness- obsession- who cares! Lovely machine and cabinet. Glad it was adopted by someone who will love it and not dismantle it to profit on parts or make a table!

I want to share your sickness. You have gotten a beautiful cabinet and a working machine. What more could you want ?Thread ?Fabric ? Hugs

Love that cabinet.

Love the cabinet and machine. Great deal. Thanks for sharing...I've got the same sickness, but trying to hold back on any more. My vintage ones are all Singers.

Wow! That is beautiful and in great shape! What a great buy! Congratulations...

I have never seen a treadle machine in this shape of a cabinet. Great score and sure you will enjoy her!

Beautiful machine, great cabinet. Love parlor cabinets.

Great looking machine and cabinet....

OMG! You hit the jackpot at $35?

It's a beautiful machine. Revitalize it with some good body oil like Old English, then a good wax job. At least your sickness (even though it may be chronic) is not lethal.

Great Machine and cabinet. I just got a singer red eye 66 in a cabinet much like that and love the size of it as I am VERY limited in room here.
I paid more but is sews nice and they are great machines.

That's a beautiful machine and cabinet. Now who could pass it up at that price? Certainly I wouldn't have. Congrats on your great buy.

Something I'll never be able to own, even at that awesome price. Congratulations. I remembered this story I wrote about an old treadle and thought I'd link it here in case you wanted to read it. Enjoy the machine. It is so awesome.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/general...e-t222130.html

I currently make and give away cloth dolls to kids (most with cancer and 156 so far. here is the link for them

www.dollsforverysickkids.com

Vickey
Stamps

Great find!

I am getting ready to go to the doctor in few min but I don't think he will understand any more than hubby does.

John thinks I have a sickness ...
LOL I can think of a lot worse sicknesses to have. Your particular sickness is gorgeous.

Terrific buy! l love this cabinet.

Beautiful machine. I think we all have the same sickness.

Nice. I love the cabinet

Girliegirl,
Your new treadle is beautiful! I never find them here for less than a $100, even in terrible condition.

Sew4nin,
Its call SMAD, Sewing machine aquisition disorder! There's no cure because none of us want to be cured!!
Sharon