Hi Larry, I’ve just purchased a 1927 66k model that I want to restore. I’m new at restorations and I just cannot believe I found this video which is so detailed and will prevent me making mistakes with my restoration! I can’t thank you enough as I can now approach the restoration with confidence! 👍
I am a 30something stay-at-home mom and have started restoring my great-great-grandmother's Singer Treadle sewing machine and cabinet. Thank you SO much for the videos!!! I learned to sew on this machine and can't wait to have it returned to its beautiful self. We just found out yesterday that my mom is pretty sick, and I just know this project is going to be therapeutic for me over the next little while. Again, thank you.
I found this facinating! Very detailed! I just brought home a singer treadle. If I’m looking the number up correctly it says it Dec 1910 in a website I checked. Thank you for taking the time to film your work. Anxious to see the next video!
I just discovered one of these in the basement of the bar we've had for 10 years! I'm so glad you made this series, I can't wait to see what we're working with!
Thank you SO much Larry!!! Today you have helped my 16 year old daughter and I disassemble a singer treadle machine in Australia together. School holiday project... :D It is in a very similar condition to the one you show in this video. With these videos, you have given us the guidance on how to start the process of bringing this machine and cabinet back to life, while spending time together and learning new things. :) So thank you ever so much!!! In the end this will be my daughters machine, that in years to come, I hope she will remember us working on it together to bring it into working condition for her ;) We probably could not have done this without you... Thank you xoxoxo
Wanda, thank you so much for your very kind words. They made my day. Enjoy your special time with your daughter and I'm sure she will never forget how the two you worked to restore her machine. Best regards from the US and again, thank you so much for sharing with me.
Clare Palmieri😊As a long-time salvager of historic house parts in general, you make the very best videos. I will begin work on my salvaged Singer treadle next week. You are awesome!!
I’ve inherited and want to ship my Oma’s 1928 Singer from Guatemala to the US and found this video on disassembly. It’s so incredibly helpful and will make shipping easier than I had expected (I was thinking I’d have to find and ship in a crate). The video has inspired me to try my hand at carefully restoring parts and or the whole. The family has used this machine to date! Oma, mom, aunts, cousins. It’s been in use for almost 100 years in my family. Thank you for the video!
We just got an antique treadle sewing machine similar to the one in this video. Seemingly, someone had reassembled it incorrectly and put the sewing machine underneath the spring up foot. Watching this video really helped us understand how to fix the problem! Thank you so much!
I love to see old iron work. I have an old treadle machine. I gave mine away in my twenties and bought this one to restore. My father was a Sheffield turner and he made the most beautiful custom garden tools for himself and I have most of them. I have an old treadle potters wheel too. I cringe when the old-iron men come on the street at the thought of melting these treasures down. Iron is like a living thing, feed it with some good oil and it comes back to life.
Thank you so much for posting this excellent series! Inspired, and educated by your videos, I'm well on my way disassembling, cleaning, and restoring my own Singer treadle.
Flywheel sounds nice. In german it is "Schwungrad" "Schwung" you can use in many meanings for example: momentum, impetus, drive and similar to englich swing. We do have an old "Singer" the grandma of my wife used it and saved it in WWII. It was dissasambled and hidden under coals. After the war it was reassambled. It works and had evern a few screws more then before Disassembling.
I just bought this same machine (Same cabinet design, Machine and Treadle) yesterday, with plans to restore it. This video is going to be a huge help in that endeavour. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
Brilliant, very comprehensive, I'm so glad I came across your videos as I have been storing exactly the same model in my garage for years and now I feel I can start this project with some degree of confidence. Thank you x
Awesome video! I have this exact treadle cabinet and machine but have been very hesitant in restoring it. I'm very excited now as my cabinet is actually in a little better shape than this one. Thanks so much! Going to go watch the next video now.
Still late to the party but I'm catching up! You have probably seen/done it but I saw Hand Tool Rescue coat his vice grips in hot melt glue to avoid marring the finish on something he was taking apart. Just thought I'd drop it here in case you are interested. Love your dedication to teaching your craft!
🤔 Do I admit I have a few Singer 66's? 😂 Only one is a treadle though. You made me smile when you said that the part under the machine wasn't a garage, it was a cradle. I love watching you restore vintage treadle cabinets, this one looks like it's going to be a lot of work. There's a lot of veneer work you're going to do unless you replace it, the underside veneer was very damaged, which I would have never expected. Can't wait for part 2!
This one is actually in quite a bit better condition than my great grand mother's.. I have it down in our apartment storage locker at the moment. My mother decided it was a good idea to use it as a plant stand for at least 20 years so the whole top is a disaster. It's missing a couple drawer knobs but it has all its wheels and I don't think anything is broken. This gives me hope that some day it can be restored to it former glory. I haven't sold it off because I know someone would just rip it apart and paint the base with glitter or something else equally insulting to such a marvelous piece.
I just started work on one of these. Thank you for the videos! I agree that you have to take all the old paint off and I'm using your methods with the wire brushes and also a Dremel for the hard to reach parts. Once I have cleaned off the visible rust would you recommend even still going with one of those 2in1 rust converter primer products? My only reservation is that it seems very thick when it goes on and not sure what would happen if there wasn't much rust to begin with? the table I had was in pretty good shape so I be able to get it down to a very bright smooth finish? Can I just go straight to primer paint at that point? Thanks, Craig
Brought home a treadle cabinet for my grandmother’s 1914 Singer 66. It’s in good shape but wasn’t screwed to the cast iron base at all. What kind and size screws should I use? Plus I’ll be looking for the belt guide & spring as that’s gone but probably not vital to working the treadle itself.
Hi I just logged on today for your restorations of the treadles and I saw at least 15 of your episodes I was so intrigued that I kept on forgetting to tap the like button. I acquired a 1897 New Royal Treadle cabinet. I was so excited and how cute it looked that I didn’t pay attention to the sewing machine that was in it. It was not a treadle machine it was a New Home Sewing machine. But they made changes for it was made to fit a domestic sewing machine. I would like to see if you can help me figure out how to fit a treadle machine which I have but no Cabinet. Can you help me? From what I’ve seen with your videos you’re a master it would you do!
Hi Larry, currently watching your latest singer restoration. I have a machine that is basically hanging together with a wing and a prayer. I was wondering if you could recommend somewhere that I could access plans of how to rebuild the wooden case. There are a lot of pieces missing on my machine and it's got family history so I would love to bring it back to life. Thanks for your advice and love watching your videos 😊
Hi there mate from Australia. Great videos. I am wondering if you have any videos on making a whole new top lid for one of these babies. Not the flat top piece that the sewing machine sits on, the lid next to it. I am restoring one of these and that part is missing completely. Thank you!
Very good video. I am a girl. Do you think I can do this? Just made a hasty purchase of a treadle machine today because I’m crazy enough to think I can restore it. I’m a nurse. Maybe I have no business doing this. Oh well! You only live once. Might as well try! Thank goodness for your videos!
I have a singer 247 with the cabinet, the hinge that holds the machine does not seem to come off without falling apart, its similar to the one you showed, any idea of how to remove it without breaking it? Or where to look for the part to replace it? Thanks!
How do you fix the hinges on the fold down table top that are sagging like someone put pressure on it? Not the sewing machine hinges. The table top hinges. Do you have to just replace them? Help!
Thanks. As long as you don't have any frozen bolts (or you are filming a video), it shouldn't take anymore than a half hour or so to disassemble the base..
I just bought a treadle machine and I would love to restore the cabinet and the machine the treadle seems to be in great condition but the machine needs love and the person who owned it before me ruined the cabinet using it as a plant stand. I would love to talk with you though.
My Pittman arm is wooden. It’s in good shape, but afraid to remove it as it has several adjusting parts and I might mess it up. Other than that this series is my go to on restoring an 1897 Singer Sphinx.
After several moves, one of the metal hinges has dislodged or loosened so one side of machine is lengthened to the point I cannot raise machine out of cabinet. Since I cannot get inside the cabinet to adjust the metal hinge, so you have any suggestions how I can push machine into hinge enough to clear the opened front of wood cabinet. It will not quite clear the cabinet to completely raise the machine up. Help.
I have my grandmother's antique Singer that my grandfather wired for electricity. I want to restore it to use the treadle. Can you tell me how to do that?
Can you tell me what the cost was to restore this piece? Just curious. I have my grandmothers old Singer made around the same time. My aunt wants me to restore it, but watching your video's on this, it is clear I am out of my depth here. I don't have the ability to do it. Thanks for your video's I have learned a lot of usable information. Daph
I believe they are original, as other machines I have done have the same screws. It does look peculiar. Perhaps Mr. Singer got a deal from his Brother-in-Law on a bunch of screws? Thanks for watching and for your comment - best regards.
It depends on how much emotional investment you have in it vs how much money and time you are willing to invest in its resurrection. Pretty much anything can be restored, it just takes time and money and of course, missing parts. Restored, they don't bring very much money, so if you are going to do it, do it for your heart, not your wallet. Good luck.
I cleaned my 1923 red eye with gojo and with one swipe the decal in the center came off. She has been loved and well used. Now I need to find how to prepare her for the new decals. The silver from the old decals are still on it. I have been trying to locate someone who restores this machine but not very successful. Do yo have any recommendations?
Hi Larry, I’ve just purchased a 1927 66k model that I want to restore. I’m new at restorations and I just cannot believe I found this video which is so detailed and will prevent me making mistakes with my restoration! I can’t thank you enough as I can now approach the restoration with confidence! 👍
I am a 30something stay-at-home mom and have started restoring my great-great-grandmother's Singer Treadle sewing machine and cabinet. Thank you SO much for the videos!!! I learned to sew on this machine and can't wait to have it returned to its beautiful self. We just found out yesterday that my mom is pretty sick, and I just know this project is going to be therapeutic for me over the next little while. Again, thank you.
I just got my grandma. Now I got to get to work. Thanks for video.
Watching you while you restore my Grandmothers machine is incredible. So excited to share this with my family. Thanks Brother.
You picked the best to do the work. This will turn out sensational and usable. This man has Talent!! and actually cares about the projects he does.
I found this facinating! Very detailed! I just brought home a singer treadle. If I’m looking the number up correctly it says it Dec 1910 in a website I checked. Thank you for taking the time to film your work. Anxious to see the next video!
I just discovered one of these in the basement of the bar we've had for 10 years! I'm so glad you made this series, I can't wait to see what we're working with!
Thank you SO much Larry!!! Today you have helped my 16 year old daughter and I disassemble a singer treadle machine in Australia together. School holiday project... :D It is in a very similar condition to the one you show in this video. With these videos, you have given us the guidance on how to start the process of bringing this machine and cabinet back to life, while spending time together and learning new things. :) So thank you ever so much!!! In the end this will be my daughters machine, that in years to come, I hope she will remember us working on it together to bring it into working condition for her ;) We probably could not have done this without you... Thank you xoxoxo
Wanda, thank you so much for your very kind words. They made my day. Enjoy your special time with your daughter and I'm sure she will never forget how the two you worked to restore her machine. Best regards from the US and again, thank you so much for sharing with me.
Clare Palmieri😊As a long-time salvager of historic house parts in general, you make the very best videos. I will begin work on my salvaged Singer treadle next week. You are awesome!!
I’ve inherited and want to ship my Oma’s 1928 Singer from Guatemala to the US and found this video on disassembly. It’s so incredibly helpful and will make shipping easier than I had expected (I was thinking I’d have to find and ship in a crate). The video has inspired me to try my hand at carefully restoring parts and or the whole. The family has used this machine to date! Oma, mom, aunts, cousins. It’s been in use for almost 100 years in my family. Thank you for the video!
Working on restoring a 1902 Singer sewing machine, 7 drawer, your videos have been extremely helpful thank you so much 😊
We just got an antique treadle sewing machine similar to the one in this video. Seemingly, someone had reassembled it incorrectly and put the sewing machine underneath the spring up foot.
Watching this video really helped us understand how to fix the problem! Thank you so much!
I love to see old iron work. I have an old treadle machine. I gave mine away in my twenties and bought this one to restore. My father was a Sheffield turner and he made the most beautiful custom garden tools for himself and I have most of them. I have an old treadle potters wheel too. I cringe when the old-iron men come on the street at the thought of melting these treasures down. Iron is like a living thing, feed it with some good oil and it comes back to life.
Thank you so much for posting this series. I just inherit my grandmother's singer and was hoping to restore it a little.
Thank you so much for posting this excellent series! Inspired, and educated by your videos, I'm well on my way disassembling, cleaning, and restoring my own Singer treadle.
Flywheel sounds nice. In german it is "Schwungrad" "Schwung" you can use in many meanings for example: momentum, impetus, drive and similar to englich swing. We do have an old "Singer" the grandma of my wife used it and saved it in WWII. It was dissasambled and hidden under coals. After the war it was reassambled. It works and had evern a few screws more then before Disassembling.
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I just bought this same machine (Same cabinet design, Machine and Treadle) yesterday, with plans to restore it. This video is going to be a huge help in that endeavour. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
Glad I could help!
Excelente trabajo!!! Saludos desde Apodaca Nuevo Leon Mexico.....
Brilliant, very comprehensive, I'm so glad I came across your videos as I have been storing exactly the same model in my garage for years and now I feel I can start this project with some degree of confidence. Thank you x
You are very welcome! Have fun!!
I have my great-grerat grandmothers. Still works, and is still used!
Thank you for some great videos. I just picked up a 1920 66 series I am going to restore.
Awesome video! I have this exact treadle cabinet and machine but have been very hesitant in restoring it. I'm very excited now as my cabinet is actually in a little better shape than this one. Thanks so much! Going to go watch the next video now.
Still late to the party but I'm catching up! You have probably seen/done it but I saw Hand Tool Rescue coat his vice grips in hot melt glue to avoid marring the finish on something he was taking apart. Just thought I'd drop it here in case you are interested. Love your dedication to teaching your craft!
Just started on an old Singer and this was extremely helpful. The cabinet is too far gone to repair but we are refinishing the frame.
This is gonna be so helpful! I just got a model 127 and I wanna get it up and running so I'm taking all the pointers I can get.
Good luck!
Your videos are so helpful. Thank you!!
You are so welcome!
This is very helpful 👍🏽 thanks for all the great info! ☺️
🤔 Do I admit I have a few Singer 66's? 😂 Only one is a treadle though. You made me smile when you said that the part under the machine wasn't a garage, it was a cradle. I love watching you restore vintage treadle cabinets, this one looks like it's going to be a lot of work. There's a lot of veneer work you're going to do unless you replace it, the underside veneer was very damaged, which I would have never expected. Can't wait for part 2!
Hi Larry
I have really enjoyed watching all the restorations you have done on sewing machines! Looking forward to this one as well. warm regards vic
you are amainsing ...gracias por sus conocimientos verlo trabajar es maravilloso, saludos desde Argentina.
This one is actually in quite a bit better condition than my great grand mother's.. I have it down in our apartment storage locker at the moment. My mother decided it was a good idea to use it as a plant stand for at least 20 years so the whole top is a disaster. It's missing a couple drawer knobs but it has all its wheels and I don't think anything is broken. This gives me hope that some day it can be restored to it former glory. I haven't sold it off because I know someone would just rip it apart and paint the base with glitter or something else equally insulting to such a marvelous piece.
Hopefully some day you'll get the chance to restore your Grandmother's machine. Thanks for watching.
This is great Larry. Really looking forward to seeing these vids AD
Boy that poor machine has definitely seen better days...but it's definitely in good hands!
ahh how useful i have the same machine glad u are doing a full restore video on it
Great! I hope this is valuable for you.
I just started work on one of these. Thank you for the videos! I agree that you have to take all the old paint off and I'm using your methods with the wire brushes and also a Dremel for the hard to reach parts. Once I have cleaned off the visible rust would you recommend even still going with one of those 2in1 rust converter primer products? My only reservation is that it seems very thick when it goes on and not sure what would happen if there wasn't much rust to begin with? the table I had was in pretty good shape so I be able to get it down to a very bright smooth finish? Can I just go straight to primer paint at that point? Thanks, Craig
This was so very helpful I cannot tell you! Thank you!
I am very happy it was of value to you. Best regards.
Oh this is going to be so good, I just purchased a 201 for $40 and it needs some TLC....
I think I have 3 full Singer restorations on the channel. Feel free to use them however they can help. Best regards.
I’m so excited for this restoration. 🤗👏🏻
Brought home a treadle cabinet for my grandmother’s 1914 Singer 66. It’s in good shape but wasn’t screwed to the cast iron base at all. What kind and size screws should I use?
Plus I’ll be looking for the belt guide & spring as that’s gone but probably not vital to working the treadle itself.
They used large (maybe number 14) wood screws with flat heads. They never look like they belong.
Hi I just logged on today for your restorations of the treadles and I saw at least 15 of your episodes I was so intrigued that I kept on forgetting to tap the like button. I acquired a 1897 New Royal Treadle cabinet. I was so excited and how cute it looked that I didn’t pay attention to the sewing machine that was in it. It was not a treadle machine it was a New Home Sewing machine. But they made changes for it was made to fit a domestic sewing machine. I would like to see if you can help me figure out how to fit a treadle machine which I have but no Cabinet. Can you help me? From what I’ve seen with your videos you’re a master it would you do!
Hi Larry, currently watching your latest singer restoration. I have a machine that is basically hanging together with a wing and a prayer. I was wondering if you could recommend somewhere that I could access plans of how to rebuild the wooden case. There are a lot of pieces missing on my machine and it's got family history so I would love to bring it back to life. Thanks for your advice and love watching your videos 😊
Adorei seu trabalho
Obrigado!
Hi there mate from Australia. Great videos. I am wondering if you have any videos on making a whole new top lid for one of these babies. Not the flat top piece that the sewing machine sits on, the lid next to it. I am restoring one of these and that part is missing completely. Thank you!
I wonder if this guy could help me with my antique treadle singer! I wonder how to pick out, fix the wood, and recreate the cradle on these machines
Thank you!
Very good video. I am a girl. Do you think I can do this? Just made a hasty purchase of a treadle machine today because I’m crazy enough to think I can restore it. I’m a nurse. Maybe I have no business doing this. Oh well! You only live once. Might as well try! Thank goodness for your videos!
Do any of the videos on this project show how you clean/restore the lift spring assembly?
I have a singer 247 with the cabinet, the hinge that holds the machine does not seem to come off without falling apart, its similar to the one you showed, any idea of how to remove it without breaking it? Or where to look for the part to replace it? Thanks!
I'm working on a White VSII treadle cabinet now. Everything, including the head, ad hardware, has been slathered with dark walnut varnish stain!
Looks like Japanning on the cast iron base.
i just got one of these but one bottom drawer is stuck, how best shall i get it out of the frame?
How do you fix the hinges on the fold down table top that are sagging like someone put pressure on it? Not the sewing machine hinges. The table top hinges. Do you have to just replace them? Help!
Are there any tips to remove the spring safely?
Did you paint the cast iron base? I must have missed that part.
Are you still restoring old singer treadle sewing machine base?
Anxiously awaiting part 2. How long did you take to disassemble the base?
Thanks. As long as you don't have any frozen bolts (or you are filming a video), it shouldn't take anymore than a half hour or so to disassemble the base..
I just bought a treadle machine and I would love to restore the cabinet and the machine the treadle seems to be in great condition but the machine needs love and the person who owned it before me ruined the cabinet using it as a plant stand. I would love to talk with you though.
My Pittman arm is wooden. It’s in good shape, but afraid to remove it as it has several adjusting parts and I might mess it up. Other than that this series is my go to on restoring an 1897 Singer Sphinx.
Would WD-40 help remove screws/bolts?
After several moves, one of the metal hinges has dislodged or loosened so one side of machine is lengthened to the point I cannot raise machine out of cabinet. Since I cannot get inside the cabinet to adjust the metal hinge, so you have any suggestions how I can push machine into hinge enough to clear the opened front of wood cabinet. It will not quite clear the cabinet to completely raise the machine up. Help.
I have my grandmother's antique Singer that my grandfather wired for electricity. I want to restore it to use the treadle. Can you tell me how to do that?
Can you tell me what the cost was to restore this piece? Just curious. I have my grandmothers old Singer made around the same time. My aunt wants me to restore it, but watching your video's on this, it is clear I am out of my depth here. I don't have the ability to do it. Thanks for your video's I have learned a lot of usable information. Daph
Hi do you have Bobbin winder belt spare parts for singer sewing machine 401 thanks
Does anyone have an estimate of how much a restoration such as this would cost?
At 9:51 - are those counter sunk shanks original? Why a tapered shank onto flat steel? Thumbs up - the process of which you restore is correct.
I believe they are original, as other machines I have done have the same screws. It does look peculiar. Perhaps Mr. Singer got a deal from his Brother-in-Law on a bunch of screws? Thanks for watching and for your comment - best regards.
Is someone going to clean and service the machine while you work on the cabinet?
I just inherited my great grandmother's machine but it's in such rough shape. When is it too late for the machine to be saved?
It depends on how much emotional investment you have in it vs how much money and time you are willing to invest in its resurrection. Pretty much anything can be restored, it just takes time and money and of course, missing parts. Restored, they don't bring very much money, so if you are going to do it, do it for your heart, not your wallet. Good luck.
Hi! I just got my late great aunts Singer and based on the serial number its from 1897. Any suggestions on how to find the model number?
I have always used this site: ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-sewing-machine-serial-number-database.html
Good luck!
I came here specifically for the lift assist spring assembly. Then your camera battery died.😭
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I cleaned my 1923 red eye with gojo and with one swipe the decal in the center came off. She has been loved and well used. Now I need to find how to prepare her for the new decals. The silver from the old decals are still on it. I have been trying to locate someone who restores this machine but not very successful. Do yo have any recommendations?
Sorry, I don't. You may want to check your area for an authorized Singer repair center. They may be able to help. Best regards.
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