Is this something I should consider, or forget about?
04-04-2012, 12:18 PM
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I'll let you know when i derust mine, the coating is a form of 'bluing" the same finsh that is used on many firearms, and there is a product available in a small bottle to do 'touch up" work on old guns that should restore it nicely. when i get around to doing mine I will post a little picture tutorial.
04-04-2012, 12:25 PM
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Your gal looks just like mine!! I haven't played with mine much yet, but I'll get around to it. Everytime I think I will have a break in the line of quilts needing to be made, someone asks for one. So (sigh)....hopefully over the summer I can play with my machines instead of just sewing quilts.
04-04-2012, 12:29 PM
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Junec, a potted motor is a motor mounted behind the arm (the wheel end) of the machine. It runs the belt that moves the needle bar. Many of the old treadles were models that were made later and electrified by this means of adding a motor on to turn the belt of the wheel. And lights were added sometimes through this box to shine on the needle plate from the back of the machine.
A "potted" motor is extra to the machine and is therefore easier to remove. You can make a hand crank or go back to a treadle easily if it is a potted motor.
A "potted" motor is extra to the machine and is therefore easier to remove. You can make a hand crank or go back to a treadle easily if it is a potted motor.
04-04-2012, 12:30 PM
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So, if I would eventually like a treadle, I could turn say, another 15-91, into a treadle since it has the potted motor (which I could remove)? Would be nice to find a treadle that is already a treadle, in a table - but nice to also have options of creating it myself, more or less, if I can't find what I am looking for.
Is this the same idea of turning a machine into a hand-cranked machine? I know with a treadle one cannot sew in reverse. Can you go in reverse with a hand-crank? Ideas floating through my mind...
Is this the same idea of turning a machine into a hand-cranked machine? I know with a treadle one cannot sew in reverse. Can you go in reverse with a hand-crank? Ideas floating through my mind...
04-04-2012, 12:32 PM
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Kay, I got my 99 for $32. Don't pay anything over $45 for one...especially if it doesn't have the knee lever (on older ones) or in rough condition. They are common!! You can find them all over the place.
04-04-2012, 01:01 PM
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Don't ask me why the pictures have come out enormous. They are to show how to get the case on - just bend the handle back. CanoePam - no need to unscrew the whole crank. All the cases and bases were designed to accommodate either a hand machine or an electric machine.
04-04-2012, 02:22 PM
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Muv,
I use a separate program to reduce the size of my pics to 640 x 480 before I post them to photobucket or the forum.
The program I use is called: Photompression 5. There have been updates but this one works for us so we haven't gotten them.
Joe
I use a separate program to reduce the size of my pics to 640 x 480 before I post them to photobucket or the forum.
The program I use is called: Photompression 5. There have been updates but this one works for us so we haven't gotten them.
Joe
04-04-2012, 02:29 PM
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Sorry Joe, haven't a clue what you're talking about. I can do sewing machines, but computers just aren't my epoch. All I know is that this has never happened with any of my pics before and it's nearly midnight so it will have to wait until another day. Good night!
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