Can you run a cowboy 3200 on an old singer treadle?

[cdthayer]

I won’t argue with you guys that like motors, but I need to respond.  I realize that there’s a lot of money to be made helping to sell the latest motors.  The OP didn’t say what kind of sewing he would be doing with his handcrank 3200, but since it’s a handcrank, it sounds to me like he’s not going to be doing a bunch of production with it.  One-offs, occasional-use projects, and repair work can work really well with manually-powered machines, even the so-called “heavy duty machines”.  Just look at the Tippmann, the new Cowboy Outlaw, and the Hand Crank Outlaw 3200. It appears that hand-operated large-capacity sewing machines are gaining in popularity, or why would we be seeing new ones coming onto the market?

Hand cranking a large machine is not for the squeamish, and if you don’t think it will work well for you, then you probably ought to pass on one, because you probably won’t have much luck with it.  Mounting a handcrank machine into a treadle can just enhance the functionally of the machine.

There have been a great number of stitches (even the “heavy duty” kind) sewn using manual machines in the past. I see no reason to not continue doing the same.  I can use my manually-operated machines anywhere that I can move them to, and I don’t have to pay someone else each time that I use it ($ to the power company, or $ to the guy that sells me fuel for a generator).

Less (someone mentioned Zen?) can actually be really better even in this day and age.....

CD in Oklahoma

 

Edited July 5, 2019 by cdthayer