A couple of years ago, an elderly neighbor lady gave me this Singer treadle cabinet because she knew I liked "old" Singers. I thought it was a cool piece of furniture and I put it in my entrance hall and plopped a bowl of seashells and a vase of flowers on top. There it has stood ever since.
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| Just sitting there doing nothing |
Now, I'm in a period where I have a lot of downtime and start looking around for stimulating, but ultimately useless little projects to keep me occupied. I spied this table, and remembered that I had gifted a relative with a 15-90 in a carrying case several years ago. Since I had more recently given her a newer model machine in a cabinet, I figured maybe she'd be willing to give me this one back - and she did. (The 15-90 is identical to a 15-91 except that it has an external motor with a belt therefore can be treadled.)
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| Leather sewing machine treadle belt, $6.99 on Amazon |
I bought a new belt on Amazon, and was surprised how cheap and easy to find it was!
Putting the machine into the cabinet was a snap, although I did discover that the hinge type is slight different than the ones I'm used to. It has two holes which screw each hinge into the cabinet instead of one. I ordered a set of hinges on eBay.
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| Treadle cabinet hinges, $12.99 on eBay |
Not bad, I've spent $20 and I've got everything I need
I have no clue of how to do what you did differently. I just wanted to say I don't think you can weld cast iron easily or well
ReplyDeletePerhaps glue such as JB weld
But then it would still rub
What you have now is working so good job