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Posted by Bruce Fletcher (remove denture on August 11, 2009, 12:59 pm
Belinda Alene wrote:
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> I have been slowly collecting the parts for a Singer treadle sewing machine.
> That is what I watched my mother use to make the family wardrobes up until I
was
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> about six. A treadle machine would limit me to only straight stitch, but for
> those simple seams think of the exercise gained and the electric power saved.
I
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> have also considered creating some sort of peddle system to exercise the legs
> while sitting and crocheting or embroidering. The exercise would be of use,
but
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> I hate wasting the energy created. Maybe the peddles could run a small
> generator of some sort or some kind of yarn winder.
You can find when your machine was manufactured, go to this webpage
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<http://singerco.com/support/serial_numbers.html>
And you can get parts for your machine from this UK website
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<http://www.singermachines.co.uk/Parts_&_Ser/Parts%20&%20Service.htm>
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Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney UK
"My friend had a pet rock, he called it Trelawney"
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> That is what I watched my mother use to make the family wardrobes up until I