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So how do preppers sew?
Posted on 08/20/2013 1:06:13 PM PDT by djf
Just got one at a yard sale.
In very, very good condition, has all the parts, I may need to order some needles.
Tracked the serno to a manufacture date of 1941.
This one isn't mine but has exact same appearance, same number of drawers, etc.
So how do preppers sew?
Foot power, baby!
Now all I gotta do is figure out how to use it!
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To: Andy'smom
Yes, I know. ;)
I also have the repair and regulation books for it. That one was built in 1955.
/johnny
To: djf
Get a spare belt (or two).
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posted on
08/20/2013 2:44:49 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: bgill
I made the quilt for me, so it was well received. ;)
Turns out that those were winter weight uniforms and that dang thing is both heavy and very warm.
/johnny
To: djf
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posted on
08/20/2013 2:58:07 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
To: djf
I
am
so
envious!
I would love to have one of those machines!
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posted on
08/20/2013 3:09:00 PM PDT
by
Sarajevo
(Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
To: djf
OMG I have 2 of them. They are both foot pedal. I learned how to sew. You can lift the machine and gently place it inside the table. When you want to sew, just open the cover and lift a lid that holds the machine and pull it out and lower it.
One belonged to my mother and the other belonged to my grandmother. It stills works since it is manual there is no for electricity. However I wonder where can I get the belt to place on the wheel to make the needle move?
To: djf
Seems like a lot of work. After the dust settles I’ll just steal the clothes out of dead peoples closets.
To: djf
Looks like you need to get a drive belt. You can find the online for about $9 each. Get 2 along with extra “clips”. Get the “clip” tool also, makes it much easier to recut and shorten when it stretches. Also get an extra shuttle and lots of bobbins (they come in packs of 10).
I fixed one up for my wife and she loves that fact that it actually works.
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posted on
08/20/2013 3:27:39 PM PDT
by
RetiredNavy
("Only accurate firearms are interesting")
To: JRandomFreeper
Yer gonna make some woman a fine house husband someday Johnny ....:o)
That quilt is a great idea.... Up to my hips in old patches, insignia, BDU’s etc .... Got a cousin that’s a quilter. Got to go bribe her into making me one of those...LOL !
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posted on
08/20/2013 3:33:59 PM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: Squantos
No more ex-wives. I decided to stop when I started using a superscript to differentiate between ex
3 and ex
1. ;)
I was going to go with BDU on one side and DCU on the other, but it's just too dang hot and heavy for this part of the country.
I have had requests to make them for folks at my old unit.
/johnny
To: djf
The hardest thing with the old machines is finding the belts that drive the machinery. I am not familiar with the pure treadle era; but the first electric models that I kept from family members in the 40s had rubber or rubberized fabric belts for the main drive and also the bobbin winder. Over time, they dried up and cracked. Took awhile to find replacements.
Does anyone know if the treadle machines even required belts?
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posted on
08/20/2013 3:40:02 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
To: Patriot Babe
You can order the belts online, or if you have family or a friend that does leatherwork, they are easy to knock out. I make my own belts.
/johnny
To: djf
My mother had one just like that when I was a little girl in the 1950s. We younger kids used to sit on the treadle and rock, while it was closed up. I don’t think she ever caught us. I wonder if we accidentally did any damage....
Good luck.
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posted on
08/20/2013 3:43:08 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
To: Tijeras_Slim
After the dust settles Ill just steal the clothes out of dead peoples closets.Sounds like a plan!! LOL!
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posted on
08/20/2013 3:46:33 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
To: JRandomFreeper
Complements an “I love me” wall well .... Will keep me warm in my old age.
Damn good idea troop !! Well done !
Thank You !
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posted on
08/20/2013 3:48:19 PM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: tiki; Marcella; Bigg Red; JRandomFreeper; Albion Wilde; MomwithHope; MayflowerMadam; TigersEye
Reg: Trouble at mill.
Lady: Oh no - what kind of trouble?
Reg: One on't cross beams gone owt askew on treadle.
Lady: Pardon?
Reg: One on't cross beams gone owt askew on treadle.
Lady: I don't understand what you're saying.
Reg: [slightly irritatedly and with exaggeratedly clear accent] One of the cross beams has gone out askew on the treadle.
Lady: Well what on earth does that mean?
Reg: *I* don't know - Mr Wentworth just told me to come in here and say that there was trouble at the mill, that's all - I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition.
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posted on
08/20/2013 4:15:10 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(So Obama "inherited" a mess? Firemen "inherit" messes too. Ever see one put gasoline on it?)
To: Georgia Girl 2
Looks just like the one my Mom keeps trying to dump off onto me. :-) Take it!! If you don't want it, just get it and I'll come pick it up. :))
To: Bigg Red
The hard part about getting a new janome treadle machine is finding the cabinet.
http://www.amazon.com/712T-Treadle-Powered-Sewing-Machine/dp/B001HK9KT4
To: djf
Sew what? What Difference Does It Make?
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posted on
08/20/2013 5:20:13 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
To: bgill
Could be that the place mats’ stock will appreciate as she gets older and gets over herself...
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posted on
08/20/2013 5:31:15 PM PDT
by
TEXOKIE
(We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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