I once bought a very old singer treadle machine. No motor, it had all the extra feet and several spare leather belts. We tried it out and had some fun learning how to use it. Later we sold it to an Amish family. My Sailrite has a monster wheel that increases torque for going through many layers and sewing leather. It also has are moveable handle on the Flywheel to hand crank if you need to. You should check out their website: https://www.sailrite.com/ Mine is an Ultrafeed LSZ. My wife used 2 Berninas. At times she had an employee to help with the sewing, but originally wanted a spare in case her machine had to go in for service.
I once bought a very old singer treadle machine. No motor, it had all the extra feet and several spare leather belts. We tried it out and had some fun learning how to use it. Later we sold it to an Amish family. My Sailrite has a monster wheel that increases torque for going through many layers and sewing leather. It also has are moveable handle on the Flywheel to hand crank if you need to. You should check out their website: https://www.sailrite.com/ Mine is an Ultrafeed LSZ. My wife used 2 Berninas. At times she had an employee to help with the sewing, but originally wanted a spare in case her machine had to go in for service.
oh that is a very cool machine. Nice, heavy duty indeed
I sew on a Singer 301A and a Singer 316G regularly
I still have three featherweights too.....
Mine is the blue model that does both straight stitch and zig zag.