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#8591
Originally Posted by BoJangles
Originally Posted by SuzanneTx
Please help me identify my treadle. Here are the pics.
Thanks!
Suzanne
Thanks!
Suzanne
Nancy
How would I restore the head? Just clean it up real well, oil it?
Suzanne
#8592
Originally Posted by SuzanneTx
I believe it is a 66, no serial number I can find on it.
How would I restore the head? Just clean it up real well, oil it?
Suzanne
How would I restore the head? Just clean it up real well, oil it?
Suzanne
#8593
Originally Posted by Miz Johnny
I'm "almost" ready. I did load 2 treadles into the van; the little Franklin was no problem, but I'll carry bruises from the parlor treadle. My husband has never heard of taking things slow, and as we were going up the steps and I was saying, "Wait, wait; I don't have a good grip!" he hurried on, the treadle slipped, and I caught it with my neck. I have a nice sized lump there, but luckily it didn't fall on me and break my neck or anything!! Then in the van--I was trying to push it over to the side so I could load other stuff--and he gave a gigantic shove, right into my foot. I put my life at risk every time I move something with DH, even though we've been doing this for years!!
I never take an electric machine (even though I have many) because I simply don't like using them any more. I need to sew on some of mine this winter; we'll see if I change my mind. BTW, I do still have one FW, but it has never been cleaned up. It's coming, though!!
Miz Johnny, I hope you are Ok! This is a perfect example of why I don't try and take treadles anywhere!
If I buy that Free tomorrow, I am already worried about getting her home in one piece!
Nancy
#8594
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
http://community.webshots.com/user/arachnesobsession
Nancy thanks for posting this link. There is a wealth of information here, very nice machines! This is one of the ways I learn about the vintage machines, from photos, blogs, and posts. I then research to find more information, which is how I learned about the Two Spools and Davis NVF machines. The Whites look like a nice machine. My mom said her first machine was a White which was a wedding gift from her MIL. After that she purchased a Necchi Super Nova which I learned on, and now she owns a Bernina 830 which will go to my daughter. I like the passing of machines to children and grandchildren, just as you plan with the FWs to your grandkids.
I think it is great to pass some of these great old machines on to our kids, grandkids. My DIL wants a treadle and I think that is great too!
Nancy
#8595
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
Wow, no wonder the white FW's are so expensive if just the replacement motor runs $300! Is that because they are not really white, but a white with a green cast to them, which would make it almost impossible to get a black motor and paint it to match? Billy, would it be cheaper to just re-paint the machine and put a black motor on it?
Couldn't you just repaint/repair the whole machine and use that motor - or is the motor ruined?
Nancy
Couldn't you just repaint/repair the whole machine and use that motor - or is the motor ruined?
Nancy
Billy
#8596
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Originally Posted by SuzanneTx
Please help me identify my treadle. Here are the pics.
Thanks!
Suzanne
Thanks!
Suzanne
Billy
#8597
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
Originally Posted by Lostn51
Well the motor I can get for you but the busted hinge on the bed I can weld it back and repaint it but it would be easier to find another one and buy it. The motor will be close around $300 for a white one.
The parts that you have loose look like the pan screw and pin for the hinge maybe?
I am so sorry about the busted machine but it is fixable and you should be refunded for the entire purchase seeing that its close to $400 in damage. I hope it was insured for his sake.
Billy
The parts that you have loose look like the pan screw and pin for the hinge maybe?
I am so sorry about the busted machine but it is fixable and you should be refunded for the entire purchase seeing that its close to $400 in damage. I hope it was insured for his sake.
Billy
Couldn't you just repaint/repair the whole machine and use that motor - or is the motor ruined?
Nancy
:cry: :cry: :cry:
There is a white 221K on eBay, right now, that has a damaged motor mount. The cost is $179--Buy it Now----and I almost bought it :shock: :shock: thinking that the motor would go for around $100 or so. Can a FW be made into a treadle, I wonder?
#8598
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
Originally Posted by cabbagepatchkid
I'll have to take a few pictures of the blocks that I've made and post them.
ETA: Here is a pic of some of my favorites that I've made. These are 6 inches square.
ETA: Here is a pic of some of my favorites that I've made. These are 6 inches square.
Oh we are talking about Crumb quilts!
Nancy
#8599
Geeze, does your MIL collect old machines or what? She has all these machines and she doesn't even know what she has?
You had to be honest -- you did what was right to do -- but, it is too bad you didn't get that FW. If you do ever get any of these machines, post them so we can see what you got. How did you MIL come by all these machines? And, what were the 'garbage' Singers. Another machine that is really nice to own is the Rocketeer Singer -- the 500 series machines. Did she have that one?Nancy
You had to be honest -- you did what was right to do -- but, it is too bad you didn't get that FW. If you do ever get any of these machines, post them so we can see what you got. How did you MIL come by all these machines? And, what were the 'garbage' Singers. Another machine that is really nice to own is the Rocketeer Singer -- the 500 series machines. Did she have that one?Nancy
Yeah, I know about the Rocketeer! No... the rest of the singers were all 70's and 80's models, all plastic, nylon parts.. She had a 5580 (not working), two slants 'touch and sew' I think, a 3rd singer slant I couldn't get to to identify, another singer needing cams (couldn't get to) but like 70's, the green monster, a white singer unknown-cracked head.. that's all I remember.
And she also had about 6 or 7 Singer buttoneers of various vintage and 80's styles. She even had a circa 1960 Singers Educator guide - showing the teachers how to teach sewing to the 'girls' in home eco classes. The machine used to illustrate the techniques...was ... the 301A. NICE I WANT THAT TOO. LOL
#8600
Originally Posted by cabbagepatchkid
There is a white 221K on eBay, right now, that has a damaged motor mount. The cost is $179--Buy it Now----and I almost bought it :shock: :shock: thinking that the motor would go for around $100 or so. Can a FW be made into a treadle, I wonder?
I won't buy a machine off of e-bay unless I can pick it up. I have seen too many horror stories on this forum. That white FW makes me sick. I don't understand how that can happen when they are always in a case. Was there no case? Was the case smashed? I wonder if the person that sold that FW already knew about the damage?
Nancy
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