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Old 05-29-2010, 03:03 AM
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Help! Can't make up my mind. One is a Peerless and the other is a 'I don't know yet'.

I really like both. The cabinets they come in don't make a difference to me.

It will most likely be my last treadle. I have 3 already and might add just one more.... for as long as I can hold out! ;)

Thanks for helping me...

The 'I don't know yet'. I can see two Ls on it scantly, I think
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Old 05-29-2010, 03:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Lostn51
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I did a search for Singer 15 and found this blog. My machine looks like this one pictured. Is it the same one she is writing about? She even has links to manuals!!

http://blog.sew-classic.com/2008/10/...ne-review.aspx

It looks like the machine to me!!!

And it is an informative blog!!


I am on a couple of vintage sewing machine groups on Yahoo with Jenny. She is very knowledgeable and helpful. I had picked up a White 769 at the local flea market for $10 and she e-mailed me a manual.


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Old 05-29-2010, 03:31 AM
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She also has a store with very reasonable prices. I ordered a pack of 10 bobbins for my treadle and they were only $4, including shipping. I can't find bobbins that reasonable at the Hancock's we have.
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Old 05-29-2010, 03:32 AM
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Can you use modern presser feet for the treadle machines? I would love to get a walking foot or quarter inch foot for my treadle. I don't trust my quarter inch seams without one.
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Old 05-29-2010, 05:35 AM
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[quote=Ashley]This is my New Home I bought for $15 at the local thrift store. I need to call the number to date it. Everything seems to be intact, the light turns on, the needle goes up and down, but it will not catch the bobbin thread. I have gotten some advice on how to remedy this, but nothing has worked yet. Tomorrow I think I am going to have to take apart the tension assembly. Any tips are appreciated!
Ashley, your New Home most likely takes an obsolete needle. I had one like it that sewed fine, but I had only 3 or 4 needles to go with it. I finally put it on the raffle table at a TOGA. The needles do show up once in a while--check around and see if anyone has any!! Unfortunately my brain has limited storage, and I can't remember the # offhand, but perhaps someone else can chime in??
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This is the machine I got from ebay. I had been looking for one to convert to a handcrank and this will be it. I already have a treadle and a want this one to be portable.

It is in great condition and the wheel turns freely. It does need a new tire on the bobbin winder but I will purchase that when I purchase the handcrank handle from SewClassic.
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Old 05-29-2010, 05:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Lostn51
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All right, fine. I've been suckered in. I am now the proud (?) owner of a treadle. I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with it, but it's here.....

I guess someone somewhere along the line put some power to it, but I'm afraid to plug it in....and I know at the very least it needs a belt...

I don't know where to start......
SUCKER!!!! I mean congratulations on your purchase!!!!

I am glad to see that I am not the only one that has had a can lid for a coverplate on the back of a machine!!! The last one I had was rusted to the machine so you could imagine the fun I had getting it off!!

So are you going to go back to treadle or are you keeping it electric?

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Gee, Billy, what do you think???? :twisted:

I like electricity, just like I like indoor plumbing ;)

How do I tell the difference between a "G" and a "C" on the serial number????? I'm going with C but I'm not sure...
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Originally Posted by SherriB
Can you use modern presser feet for the treadle machines? I would love to get a walking foot or quarter inch foot for my treadle. I don't trust my quarter inch seams without one.
I have several 1/4" feet for my Singer-type treadles and cranks. Not sure about the walking foot, but if you have a vertical foot machine, it should work.
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I am posting pics of a sewing machine that I bought off ebay, and when it arrived it was in pieces. It was in perfect condition, but was packaged poorly. It was insured, so I got my money back, but they didnt pick up the machine.

I am hoping to fix it back up, but....

There is some bad damage on the bed of the machine where the Japan has chipped away.

I am looking for some guidance as to what to do...
I am going to start today trying to glue the wood base back together. There is a hole in the bent wood cover that I am not sure I can fix.

Billy, can I do anything for the bed of the machine where the chip is?

Here are all her parts..
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Originally Posted by BKinCO
Gee, Billy, what do you think???? :twisted:

I like electricity, just like I like indoor plumbing ;)

How do I tell the difference between a "G" and a "C" on the serial number????? I'm going with C but I'm not sure...
It is more than likely a "G" I have run across a few machines that the "G" looked like a "C" but that was because the die was damaged during the stamping process. Post the serial and I can tell you from it which series it will come under.

The "G" Series was the largest series done by Singer.


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