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12-27-2010, 09:46 AM

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Miz Johnny

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Nancy, guess who is working on the foot pedal ...DH showed me a wire not attached to anything. He is working on it now..............He just came in and told me to try it out, guess what, it still races. This machine is now up for grabs for anyone who wants it !Anyone local who might be interested please PM me. Thanks all

Take the motor off and put on a hand crank. You'll love it for piecing.

12-27-2010, 09:57 AM

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Take the motor off and put on a hand crank. You'll love it for piecing.

If I was to do that, where does one find a hand crank ?

12-27-2010, 10:00 AM

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Take the motor off and put on a hand crank. You'll love it for piecing.

If I was to do that, where does one find a hand crank ?

There are several places. I'm not sure if Ed carries them, but if not I buy mine from Stitches in Time. If he doesn't chime in, I'll give you Cindy's address. They're reasonable, and if you REALLY don't want to buy more than one, you can switch it between machines.

12-27-2010, 10:06 AM

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So today my stepson enlisted our help in getting his sister to give him the sewing machine she had gotten from their grandmother & never uses. She wants to sell it, he wants it for sentimental reasons & because he does sew. I asked what kind it was & when she replied "Singer Featherweight" I about died. Told her NO she can't sell it & YES she should give to her brother!! He said he was so glad he said something to us! So, I think the end of the story will be that he will have saved another Featherweight & will keep it in the family. Yay!

Keep that Featherweight! It would be awesome to hear that he is sewing with it.

I really hope she is going to give it to her brother. My husband said he is going to talk to her & encourage her to do the right thing.

12-27-2010, 10:14 AM

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Miz Johnny...If I do it one would be sufficient. It's the only machine (I think ) I would need it for.

12-27-2010, 12:54 PM

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Take the motor off and put on a hand crank. You'll love it for piecing.

If I was to do that, where does one find a hand crank ?[/quote]

Billy, who heads this shop, sells hand cranks. I got one from him for my 15-88; and he is more reasonable than e-bay.

Nancy

12-27-2010, 01:07 PM

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Take the motor off and put on a hand crank. You'll love it for piecing.

If I was to do that, where does one find a hand crank ?

Billy, who heads this shop, sells hand cranks. I got one from him for my 15-88; and he is more reasonable than e-bay.

Nancy[/quote]

Thanks, I'll PM Billy.

12-27-2010, 04:27 PM

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Funny how the bobbin plate covers go missing. makes you wonder what hapened to them? Girls saw and just pointed out that the "new" one was missing the same piece as the other two.

I saw a You Tube video about the mystery of the missing bobbin plates and the woman said it was because the bobbin plate is difficult to put back in if you don't know how it fits in, so a lot of them got left off. I'll to look up the video and post it here.

Here it is. It shows how to put it back in and explains why so many are missing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi8a_...eature=channel It is at approx 5:05 minutes into the video but the rest of it is worth watching for learning how to thread your 66, put the bobbin in and how to treadle....plus the woman is pretty entertaining.

12-27-2010, 04:49 PM

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Funny how the bobbin plate covers go missing. makes you wonder what hapened to them? Girls saw and just pointed out that the "new" one was missing the same piece as the other two.

Cathy;
Thanks. Got almost the same answer from Needlebar about not knowing how to put it back on. Also the spring(s) might be missing which would contribute to its loss. Watched the video.
Very informative and entertaining plus she had some other videos that looked pretty good. Thanks again.
Chris

12-27-2010, 06:31 PM

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Miz Johnny

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Yep, Donna is entertaining. She once set her treadles up as a "Treadle-Go-Round", with ribbons attached to the ceiling. Have you figured out yet that most collectors are a bit--well, eccentric?? That's what I hear from my family, anyway. LOL!

I just sold my parlor treadle like this one. I have had about 4 (I think) Singer parlor treadles, but haven't bought the RIGHT one yet. I'll know it when I get it home!!