Treadle belt for old machine?

Posted by jodi on July 18, 2007, 8:03 am

Hi,
my name is jodi and i have recently moved to berlin and just
yesterday scored myself a beautiful old singer treadle machine!

Unfortunately the old leather belt is broken and I need to find a way
to substitute it.
Stockings didn't work I am afraid as it slips.

I don't speak deutsch yet so hunting down a leather man who can make a
new one would take me a month or more to locate and communicate with
..
and frankly i am ready to sew sew sew ...

so ..
any suggestions would be welcome

thanks
jodi

Posted by Kate XXXXXX on July 18, 2007, 8:26 am

jodi wrote:
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Try here: they'll post to Germany, I'm sure.

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Posted by SteveB on July 18, 2007, 10:33 am

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Google is your friend.

Steve

Posted by Joy Beeson on July 18, 2007, 6:26 pm

My sewing-machine repair shop has a bunch of treadle belts hanging on
the pegboard behind the cash register.

Joy Beeson
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Posted by Larry Jaques on August 13, 2007, 8:10 pm

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:03:12 -0000, with neither quill nor qualm, jodi

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Take pictures of your machine and its serial number tag, then print
them out on paper. Take the copies and the old belt down to a sewing
machine repair shop and say "Gimme der replacement, por favor."
He won't understand a word of the Anglo/Deutch/Spanish sentence, but
it should give him a laugh while he finds your belt.

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