purplefiend

I'm not Sheryl, but I can answer your question.
As long as your handwheel has a deep grove in it, you can treadle it. I have 2 Singers that were once electric machines that work wonderfully as treadles. A 15-90 and 237 zig zag.
Pictures here: http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...45965719wvBDUq

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...45965719RNXVPG

seasaw2mch

I'm new here and thanks to Scrappy, she pointed me in the right direction. I just bought a Singer 15-88 built some time around May 6th 1930, if I read that right.

Anyway, I'm only on page 38 reading thought and notice that you have a manual that's Japanese so I thought if you still need to read it you could always go to this web site and it will translate it for you;
http://tradukka.com/
how that helps.

By the way, great post and I'll catch up with you all sooner or later looks like I still have lots to read (1100 some pages & only on page 38)

vintagemotif

I was hoping someone else would do that for me. I was in that direction this weekend, picked up the Davis NVF. It is about a 50 minute drive for me to go rescue this machine. I showed the post to my husband today, and he said go get it. I told him that I would wait a couple of days to see if anyone else wants it. Which is why I posted the heads up here. I do hope someone grabs this nice machine, cabinet, and stool.

Dottie Bug

would love that machine . but to far for me at this time. here is my machines a 1928 101, and a 1947 15-90 dottie bug

cherrybsixty

My oldest girl lost my mom's best pr of shears when she was 12yrs old and now she is 44 and I am still hurt about it. We weren allowed to touch those either.

purplefiend

Welcome Seasaw2much,
Its nice to have you with us. Welcome to the wonderful world of vintage sewing machines. I have my modern machines with all fancy stitches, but I prefer to do most of my sewing with a vintage machine; quite often its a treadle
machine.
Sharon W. in Texas

BoJangles

Ok you guys I have to brag on my Annie Oakley Two Spools! I have done a lot of piecing with my Free Company Treadle - I am now finishing a lap quilt pieced mostly with the Free. I have done a little piecing with my 127 Sphinx - he is mostly used for heming/shortening my jeans! I have not tried piecing with my W&W nor Singer 9W yet so I can't judge them as piecing machines!

So far I am hooked on the Two Spools as a piecing machine! That machine has such long feed dogs that nothing twists or gets ate - it also has a perfect 1/4" foot! It doesn't grab the fabric, it just sews from barely an edge to the end without any complaints. I am piecing borders and sashings with the Two Spools. My sashings are only 1" and 1 1/8"s wide so you guys can appreciate how hard something that small is to piece without it being ate or messed up. I am piecing them diagonally and it just sews them - no eating the edge! I am in love!

Nancy

BoJangles

Miriam, are you saying that the 401 stitches decorative stitches without cams? I thought all the 400's and 500's had to have cams to stitch decorative stitches? My 503a won't even stitch a straight stitch without the '0' cam. I know the 401 and 501 are the top of the lines for that series of machines.

Nancy

BoJangles

Mollie's Mom, has anyone answered your question? I have never heard of an Elmira Treadle, but I would love to see a picture of the treadle. Can you post a picture?

I hope someone on here can answer your question, Billy, Miz Johnny, Charlee?

Nancy

BoJangles

Jtapp9, once you really get into treadling there is no going back! I only use my electric machines now for taking to classes or decorative stitches! I don't even have an electric set up in my sewing room any more, just treadles (well except the Long Arm).

Nancy