Can anybody describe the basic parts of a treadle, or provide instructions on how to make a treadle?
I was given serger/overlock machine that is missing its foot control. The repair shop will charge me $200 to replace the foot control and fix the motor, which they claim is shot (I have my doubts).
The serger is too old to have any computerized features, which some would consider a drawback. The advantage is that the machine is not completely dependent on electricity; it still operates when I turn the drive wheel by hand. It’s slow going, of course, and I can’t sew with both hands because my right hand is turning the wheel.
It occurred to me that a treadle could turn the wheel faster and free up both hands to work with the fabric. The same setup could be used with my mother’s old sewing machine, which runs but is not powerful enough for some of the fabrics I sew.
Janet
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Janet -- if you post the specifics on the machine, I have 3 or 4 professional seamstresses I can check with to see if they might have spare parts around. Their machines go way back, so anything's a possibility.
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
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