MTUAIGA- Time to er, Sing for my supper....

woodtickgreg · Jan 25, 2018

Man this is awesome! It's going to give it such a different look. Diggin it. :popcorn:

Schroedc · Jan 25, 2018

Treadle Cabinet Build Day 4

I haven't made up my mind on what I want the drawers to look like yet (Trying to decide on 2 or 4 and how wide/deep) so I decided to get the head fit into the cabinet as I figured I'd have some tweaking to do. Since I had the head out decided it was time to clean and oil it. got it all torn down, removed a TON of lint that was packed in everywhere (No idea how it was working but it did sew when I got it) Pulled the motor since we're going treadle. cleaned and polished everything, gave it a good lube job and fit a genuine Simanco spoked hand wheel to it and got the final adjustments to the cabinet made. Then since I was that far and HAD to find out if it'd work like I hoped, dug out the roll of belt, made one up and gave it a whirl!

Here is a link to a Facebook video I did of it in action- www.facebook.com/turnedwriteart

woodtickgreg · Jan 25, 2018

That's a fine looking machine!

Schroedc · Feb 2, 2018

Treadle cabinet build update. Day ???

I don't even know what day we're on for this, I had to take care of some other jobs for the last week so (My wife gets cranky if I'm not making some sort of income...). Finally getting back to it today. Got the supports for the drawers built, the boxes for the drawers built and the skirt around the table. At the end of the day today I've gotten the drawer fronts on to it. Tomorrow will be getting the center filler completed and attached, the pulls for the drawers made, and then we'll tear it all apart, finish sanding and start applying some polyurethane to it!!!

Schroedc · Feb 3, 2018

Treadle cabinet build- Assembly completed day.

Got into the shop this morning early and completed the last couple parts to make and finished assembly. Did some final tweaking and adjustment and everything is together. Tomorrow I'll go ahead and get it all pulled apart, final sanding and get the polyurethane on it. Planning on a satin/semi-gloss finish that will be rubbed out with wax. I still have to make a decision on drawer pulls, I have some vintage cup pulls I may use, I also know a blacksmith that would let me use his forge to make a pair of wrought iron ones, or I may go with some Greene and Greene inspired Walnut ones... I'll get that figured out before I drill any holes in the drawers. I also plan to replace all the screws I used during assembly with some brand new ones in an antique finish. This build was a lot of fun and had a few interesting challenges. The fact that I used a top for a template and base that had different flywheel offsets made for a challenge. It isn't obvious but the treadle base is offset to one side about 1.5 inches (You can also see that when you pull out the drawers as one of the drawers is narrower behind the drawer front) I will do a final update once a finish is applied and it's all done.

woodtickgreg · Feb 4, 2018

Very nice Colin, a blend of old and new, I like it. Can't wait to see it with the finish and handles on it.

Schroedc · Feb 4, 2018

woodtickgreg said:
Very nice Colin, a blend of old and new, I like it. Can't wait to see it with the finish and handles on it.

Working and final sanding and finishing right now, I found the handles I'm going to use, they are old cast iron pulls from the Hamilton Manufacturing company that were made for printers type trays. Got 2 of them on their way to me (I had one but found a pair for sale at a reasonable price)

Schroedc · Feb 4, 2018

Got it all sanded out, fixed a couple little issues with glue and sawdust and getting the poly on it. All goes well I'll start reassembly tomorrow and get it rubbed out and finished this week.