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It is beautiful but I couldn't use it as a cutting table - it is way too low. But it would be fun, as leone said, putting in belt holes and a place for a machine. I love using my treadle machine.
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Lovely. I have a small table that has a treadle base with a wooden top that my Featherweight sits on here in Maine. I have another larger table that is looking for a home. (Would love to keep it but have to pare down). I have never stubbed my toe...yet.
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Oh and Leon's picture just boggles my mind. wink, wink...
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Well I just love this. And the base grave yard is just sad. Some body rescue them.
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I'm sorry, but just........no. Seeing things like this gives me all sorts of sad and bad feelings. There are a finite number of these old treadles and machines, and when enough "upcycling"(I detest that term) and "repurposing" have depleted all of them, then what? And please don't tell me about how millions of them were made, blah, blah, blah.........How many of us serious collectors, lovers and users of these old beauties already have machines we can't find the proper treadle base for or an empty treadle base we can't find the right machine for ? So no, I'm not a fan of the tables, chairs, benches, lamps, tractors, book ends, etc.... made from sewing machines and treadle bases.
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I saw a photo somewhere in my wanderings on the web where someone had taken a number of treadles bases and built them into a table. The big difference was that there was a usable treadle machine attached to every treadle base. It was designed to be used, now that was truely cool looking. I wish I could find it again. Otherwise I agree with Cari, I dislike the whole "up-cycle" thing.
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I have to agree. I always wonder where the rest of the 'family' disappeared to. Parts are hard to find and then you see so much of this.
Originally Posted by Cari-in-Oly
(Post 7862867)
I'm sorry, but just........no. Seeing things like this gives me all sorts of sad and bad feelings. There are a finite number of these old treadles and machines, and when enough "upcycling"(I detest that term) and "repurposing" have depleted all of them, then what? And please don't tell me about how millions of them were made, blah, blah, blah.........How many of us serious collectors, lovers and users of these old beauties already have machines we can't find the proper treadle base for or an empty treadle base we can't find the right machine for ? So no, I'm not a fan of the tables, chairs, benches, lamps, tractors, book ends, etc.... made from sewing machines and treadle bases.
Cari |
Originally Posted by tscweaves
(Post 7862888)
I saw a photo somewhere in my wanderings on the web where someone had taken a number of treadles bases and built them into a table. The big difference was that there was a usable treadle machine attached to every treadle base. It was designed to be used, now that was truely cool looking. I wish I could find it again. Otherwise I agree with Cari, I dislike the whole "up-cycle" thing.
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Where was this picture taken? it looks like the Amish auction here in Delaware.
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Originally Posted by tscweaves
(Post 7862888)
I saw a photo somewhere in my wanderings on the web where someone had taken a number of treadles bases and built them into a table. The big difference was that there was a usable treadle machine attached to every treadle base. It was designed to be used, now that was truely cool looking. I wish I could find it again. Otherwise I agree with Cari, I dislike the whole "up-cycle" thing.
about the third picture down? I, too, agree with Cari. Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do. |
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