I always get a treadle belt at my local sewing machine store. The leather ones are best, the plastic ones crack.

Thanks for the info.

I got one at a sew and vaccuum repair place.

You need to send Lostn51 a pm, he will answer all your questions about machines, He help me get my 1893 Singer Treadle up and running and parts and decals.
Thanks. Just search for Lostn51 and click on his pm. Hope this helps. and Good Luck with your gal.

Mine has a piece of aquarium tubeing for a belt. It has a little dowel inserted and glued to keep the ends together. It came that way when I bought it at a garage sale and I never changed it, works great.

Cool! I have a bunch of tubing from an oxygen machine. I will have to remember this!!

Hey there here are the links to cleaning the machine and if you do not want to go that far into it you can always send it to me for a full service spa treatment!

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-45816-1.htm

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-45983-1.htm

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-46696-1.htm

Billy

Thanks for the info . We bought another treadle today with 2 cabinets. Is 3-1 oil ok to use. My newer machine never has to be oiled.

Please don't ever use 3-in-1 in any sewing machine, it gums them up and is horrible to clean off.
I get my treadle belts at the local Pfaff dealer. I use the zoom oil they sell at Joann's & Wal-mart, the long tube makes oiling hard to get to places lots easier.

Go to EBay. I saw some on sale there for about $4 yesterday. Also you can buy that little clip you need. Do a search on the EBay site for that too.