I think this one would be perfect for a long arm machine. you can take it down to one needle but since its puller feed it has no feed dogs and you are the one that feeds the material.

FMQ heaven!!!

Billy

I saw one of those listed on Craigs list here. They listed it as a sail repair machine. I think they still wanted a few grand for it though...don't know if it sold or not, but I thought it looked very cool.

thanks for starting this cool thread!

Thanks for the cool thread. I never thought of it as a treadle. Now look and see what I found on CL. Billy, think you should come to S CA for a stay and do some shopping.

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac...733938809.html ;-)

What I wouldn't give for one of those beauties!

I just email the guy and I am waiting for the reply. You think you could ship this one to me? :lol: :lol: :lol:

And do not tempt me, I would love to come out and hang with you looking for machines and what not!!!

Billy

Those machines look amazing. One questions...Are they design for straight stitch or is free motion stitching a possibility?

You can free motion on them I am supposing. The 31-15 I can adapt a darning plate to go over the feed dogs and FMQ with it.

There are hundreds of other "long arm" machines out there by Singer but that is just the few I picked out to show.


Billy

Just got this from a friend of mine who is not a quilter. Perfect for this thread:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=263602_263622

That is a nifty machine and the price is reasonable.

Billy