YOU EITHER GET IT OR YOU DONT

oldskool · Senior Member

Pimp my singer!!!

oldskool · Senior Member

Forgot to say, if anyone have an old machine especially a treadle let me know cos she wants one

mrs pop · Senior Member

my nan left me her one when she passed away 3 yrs ago , it has original paper work reciepts of brought new etc...not for sale though. but do you know where i can get a new belt from to get the tred bit working again, thats all it needs.. got a lovely stich my my mum tells me...god knows how old it is...

stevie · WIND POWERED

Hahahaha thats brill.

ryan · Senior Member

cool, that's well good

tailfin · Chief Stud

Thats sew good had to post on this thread. Had me in stitches

giggles · Guru

oldskool wrote:

Forgot to say, if anyone have an old machine especially a treadle let me know cos she wants one

Bugger! I had 15 of the buggers up until this time last year! Tried to sell them but no-one wanted them, so all but 2 went for scrap including a treadle. The base is now being used as very crude table in the garden.

oldskool · Senior Member

that's the problem with them, 50 years ago every household had at least 1 which means there's still sew many about and you can't give the 'average' 1's away. A really nice working 1 of a common model will only sell for around £30.

Sorry Mrs Pop, no idea where you could get a belt i did a quick google search and found nothing, maybe measure the old belt and see what a motor factors can get in???

Good news is i didn't get told off and i managed to set it up to stitch all by myself lol

Thanks for the comments!

-- Edited by oldskool at 14:34, 2009-02-23

giggles · Guru

oldskool wrote:

Sorry Mrs Pop, no idea where you could get a belt i did a quick google search and found nothing, maybe measure the old belt and see what a motor factors can get in???

Pleased to hear you didn't get told off.

Jo, OldSkool is right about trying a motorfactors or why not try the Sewing shop in Bury St Edmunds (Sorry, can't remember the name)

oldskool wrote:

that's the problem with them, 50 years ago every household had at least 1 which means there's still sew many about and you can't give the 'average' 1's away. A really nice working 1 of a common model will only sell for around £30.

You're right, although most I've seen in the local paper in good working order etc are only £10 or so, making it a buyer's market. About 12 years ago Mike got a treadle from a bootsale for less than £20! The sad thing is that these old ones will out live the moderns hands down. I've had 3 electric ones in the past 17 years, each were unable to be repaired or it would be cheaper to go and buy a new one.

But what do fetch the money are the toy ones, because they are so small. I've got a couple.

Hmmmm, you've got me thinking.... Where did Sniper leave the paint stripper.

giggles · Guru

Forgot to say, thanks OldSkool for this thread. Today's been a bit cr4p and it's made me a little happier.
xx

Matt · Senior Member

Ok Thats something you dont see every day!! Very nice Oldskool smile

Cudley · V8 Duds

so oldskool will you be taking orders for renewing upholstery now? ive front and rear seats that could do with some new leather and t l c.

oldskool · Senior Member

mrs pop wrote:

my nan left me her one when she passed away 3 yrs ago , it has original paper work reciepts of brought new etc...not for sale though. but do you know where i can get a new belt from to get the tred bit working again, thats all it needs.. got a lovely stich my my mum tells me...god knows how old it is...

good news, after she was inpuse buying (drunkened) on ebay friday night she bought an 1885 machine on a treadle which i have just done a 7 hour round trip to collect.
that needed a belt too so i spent a bit more time looking and came up with this site

http://www.singermachines.co.uk/partsDB/index.php?function=detail&recordID=220

hope this helps mrs pop

maybe you two can have a sew off at the nats!!!

mrs pop · Senior Member

thank you will have a look...the machine does look good....