Lady Marietta will pick up my treadle sewing machine on Wednesday. She emailed me within minutes of my posting its availability.
If anyone is interested in seeing the Greyhound logo for the New Home sewing machine, you can look at the International Sewing Machine Collector's Society website <http://www.ismacs.net/> at the following address. <http://www.ismacs.net/nh/home.html> <http://www.ismacs.net/nh/nh_tred_old.html> Just some information for those who want a people powered sewing machine. Old electric Singer sewing machines can be easily converted into a treadle sewing machine or a hand crank sewing machine. These are the "black" Singer sewing machines, class/models 66, 15, 115, 99. The bobbins and needles for these old black Singer sewing machines are still the standard for modern sewing machines. The black Singer sewing machines were made with all metal parts. When converted to hand crank or treadle, they can sew through light leather and tent canvas. The black electric Singers in working condition, can be bought at flea markets and yard sales from $10 to $50. A reproduction hand crank conversion kit costs about $25. If you can find just the metal base of a treadle sewing machine, you can create a treadle sewing machine out of the electric Singer. Directions are on this website. <http://www.treadleon.net/> I buy hand crank conversion kits from this website. <http://www.sewingmachineparts.net/> I am a big fan of hand crank sewing machines because they are easy to transport to events, like Pennsic. For the past few years, I have taken a converted hand crank sewing machine to Pennsic War. One year, a friend barrowed it the first week of Pennsic and sewed a new canvas panel for her Viking tent. Every year at Pennsic, I end up trading it for something.... Lady Rachel of Bhakail History of Dog Carts <http://hometown.aol.com/vixensmistress/page1.html> --- In [email protected], "Bruce Witt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am very interested in this machine, it will look wonderful along with the > treadle machine that I have. We'll have to see what arrangements we can > make. > > Corin, > ----- Original Message ----- > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:01 PM > Subject: [SCA_Coursing] Greyhound Treadle Sewing Machine, Free > > > I have a treadle sewing machine which I offer FREE to a good SCAdian > > home.... > > > > Lady Rachel ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pkgkPB/SOnJAA/Zx0JAA/PJ_qlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_Coursing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
