I have a parlor cabinet that clanks as well. The wheel rubs. I'm not strong enough to get the nut loose to see if I can move it.

Fellow treadle users - does the treadle base (not the actual machine) need any type of maintenance? I'm new to treadling but hope to catch up as soon as Billy services my "Cleo".

Yes, I noticed that it will not fit the Singer cabinet that I have. I was planning on building a lip for it to sit on; like the lip in the front that the machine heads rest on. Or just a new top for it. Thanks for the heads up.

Miz Johnny,
Do you own a Two Spools? Do know what needle fits this machine. The manual that I found states to only use stamped Eldredge Two Spool needle. But I was wondering if a Schmetz universal 15x1 will work.
Thanks!

All the talk about a return to the two spool technology is great! But what spool size would the manufacturer use? There are so many available. (Thinking about that, would it really be a machine to last through time, like the old ones? It seems every machine recently made has plastic and/or computerized parts.) If you have to wind the thread from one spool onto another to use in the can, it sounds like the second spool is only a glorified bobbin.

You have to wind a bobbin now as it is; so, would it not be better to have the option of having a bobbin that can hold more thread. I would love to have a bobbin that could hold more since I already use a huge spool of thread for the top thread, and then I wouldn't have to stop as often to fill a new bobbin. The manufacturer could make a larger standard spool (bobbin). Why the need for just a small bobbin?. As to the longevity of the machine, that is irrelevant to this issue.

Thank you I'll give that a try. Otherwise I'm happy with my 237.

I have a Two Spool (though I haven't used it). It takes a 15 x 1 needle.
I just unearthed my Two Spool, National Rotary, Singer VS 1, and National-made "Iowa" tonight--after a long stretch of being buried under "stuff". I had shoved them off in a corner of a small basement room while I finished a larger one to use as a sewing room. Then one thing led to another. . . . .

The Two Spool used the smaller-sized wooden spool of thread, which was readily available. If you chose to use a larger spool, an empty one could be wound for the bobbin. Though they are no longer made (as far as I know), they are still easy to find, so no problem finding them for your TS.

Thanks! Glad they take a 15x1. :) You have some interesting machines to use. My machine came with one wooden spool, a free treadle that I picked up came with another spool the same size, and someone suggested looking for additional wooden spools that same size at Michaels.
Thank you again!