Treadle Bits And The Like

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Treadle Belts; New, usually in stock;
Standard (5mm) £9 plus postage (UK only, you can buy these everywhere else just fine)

Belts for treadle fretsaws, small lathes etc to order; please ring for details
07914 676182
Belts come with instructions and a spare staple or two - ask if you want these, free with any order, as I have two lifetimes supply

Note that most countries have suppliers for belts, please buy locally if you can

I have industrial-weight leather belting, call for details and measure what you need first, please

Belt joiner staples - belts come with spares, and if you need some, just ask, I have 100 years worth...

Treadle Belt
Please note - I do not offer items that are entirely beyond use, but it is in the nature of old machines that they get scruffy eventually. The items below are all "as seen" and you get what is in the picture.
Page completely rebuilt, tickled, sworn at lightly, and made to kneel, May 2025 and updated every time I run out of something (like, once a week) ever since. Heavy work!

Whole Treadle Bases

Not for gardens, please...
tb220-29base
TB220 Base, no table, for Singer 29 Boot Patcher; £75 (RESERVED)
tb220a
TB220 Another view
tb221-pfaff
TB221 Complete Pfaff treadle base with table, fits Full-sized Singer; £90
tb221a
TB221 Very Art Deco...

Dress Guards and Belt Shifters


TB001 Singer Dress Guard with bolt, earlier type; £10 (Sorry, out of stock)
tb001adressguard
TB001a Singer Dress Guard with bolt, later type; £10
tb001c-dressguard
TB001c Jones CS; £6
tb251dressguard
TB251 Pfaff; £10
tb252dressguard
TB252 Dress Guard; £10
tb253dressguard
TB253 Dress Guard; £10
tb184dressguard
TB184 Jones CS Dress Guard; £10
tb001d-dressguard
TB001d Dress Guard; £10
tb254dressguard
TB254 Dress Guard; £10
tb231pfaffshifter
TB231 Pfaff Belt shifter with bolt and spring; £8.50

Big Drive Wheels

tb237wheel
TB237 Singer (vandalised by green paint); £8
tb236wheel
TB236 Singer earlier type, with axle; £15
tb235wheel
TB235 Singer later type, with axle; £12.50
TB235a, no axle; £10
tb225pfaffwheel
TB225 Pfaff; £15
tb226cabwheel
TB226 Cabinet wheel; £15
tb227wwsides
TB227 Wheeler and Wilson sides and wheel only; £30

Treadle Plates - the bit your foot drives...


TB178 Treadle plate, Singer metal pitman, earlier type; £15

TB186 Treadle plate, Singer wooden pitman type; £15
Note, not interchangeable! (Sorry, out of stock, image left here so you know what to look for...)
tb178a
TB178a Singer Treadle plate for metal pitman, later type; £15
tb223wwtplate
TB223 Wheeler and Wilson 9 treadle plate; £15
tb222pfafftplate
TB222 Pfaff treadle plate; £15
tb004mat
TB004 Rubber mat for Singer treadles; £10

Pitmans and Bearings Thereof

Connect the wheel to the treadle plate - you need the right type

TB199 Metal, with axle and bottom bearing, NOT Singer, will not fit a Singer!; £10

TB198 Vesta with axle; £12

TB196 Short wood, with axle; £10

TB194 Wheeler and Wilson 9, wood; £12

TB173 Connecting rod from industrial machines, adjustable, new (yes, I know, motorised, but hey!); £10

TB191a to TB191h Assorted mostly new connectors for industrial machines actuator bars, all £2 each apart from the last thing, which is £1

TB179 Singer banjo bearing (top of the metal pitman type), with balls and bits; £10
tb249nuts
TB249 Locking nuts from Singer pitman base; £2.50

TB201 Axle and bearings, Wheeler and Wilson 9; £10
tb256pitmanbar
TB256 Singer pitman bar and locking nut; £10
tb197metalpitman
TB197 Singer metal pitman complete; £20
TB197c Not shown, complete bearing in 3 parts for base of the metal pitman; £12.50
tb228
TB228 Pfaff, good; £10
tb224wwpitman
TB224 Wheeler and Wilson 9 pitman, good, 13"; £12
tb190connector
TB190 If you wish to drive your motor from a treadle plate, you need one of these to attach to your pitman as a connector; £3.50

Infill and Lift Plates - these sit on the right around the treadle belt


Pay attention to the shape of the fastening plate at the back and the profile, please

TB032a Singer With nut, spring etc; £10

TB032b Singer; £10

TB032c Singer; £10

TB032d Singer; £10

TB032e Singer with biiiig spring; £10

TB032f Singer; £10
Not shown, but use your imagination, TB032fg Castle nut with bolt; £3 and TB032h Spring; £3

TB114a Jones CS; £8

TB114 Jones CS; £8

TB181 Orange!; £8

TB183; £5
tb166aliftplate
TB166a Possibly Frister Rossmann; £7.50

Nuts, Bolts, and Pivot Pins etc.

Noted in brackets if more than one available
tb207a-jonesbearings
TB207a Jones CS bearings; £5
tb207csbolts
TB207 Jones; £10
tb248pivot
TB248 Pivot from cabinet; £4
tb242bolt
TB242 Singer wood side; £2.50
tb241bolt
TB241 Singer Sides to frame (4); £2.50 each
tb240bolts
TB240 Singer? Cabinet side brackets (7); £2 each
tb239bolt
TB239 Singer wheel pivot (2); £2.50 each
tb238bolt
TB238 Singer Dress Guard belt shifter; £2.50 (Sorry, sold out)
tb238a-bolt
TB238a Singer Dress Guard fixing bolt and nut; £2.50
tb234pfaffbits
TB234 Assorted Pfaff; £4

TB211 Pin and setting bolt; £1

TB212 Fixing pin and washer from pitman end, Jones CS; £1

TB210 Pfaff B pins; £3 for all

TB209 Big (about 1 inch) brass eyelets which surround the belt-holes on early Singer treadles (2); £2 each
tb208frpin
TB208 Frister and Rossmann treadle plate (3); £2.50
tb204jonespins
TB204 Jones (2); £2.50
tb182bolt
TB182 Singer parlour cabinet hold-down bolt; £
tb233pfaffbits
TB233 Pfaff; £10

TB091 Singer Pivot Pins, from the treadle plate, wheel etc, with locking nuts; £2.50 each

TB091a As TB091 with smaller nuts; £2.50 each

TB203 Singer from the sides of a curly iron treadle; £2.50 each (1 left)

TB204 Jones CS pivot pins; £2.50 each

TB208 Frister Rossmann pivot pin; £2.50

TB207a Jones CS bearings; £2.50 each

TB205 Singer side bolts; £2.50 each
tb168bolts
TB168 Singer sides (8); £2.50 each
tb169pivotpins
TB169 Singer pivot (2); £2.50 each

Oddments


TB005 Singer rear belt guide loop with bolt; £3.50
tb153-31beltguide
TB153 Singer rear belt guide loop with bolt for 31k; £3.50
tb214wheels
TB214 Jones treadle wheels (2 left); £3 each
tb245wheels
TB245 Set of four cabinet wheels, good; £15
tb246wheels
TB246 Probably not from a sewing machine - ball wheels on humungous screws, set of four; £10
tb247tablesupport
TB247 Table support; £7.50
tb232pfaffsupport
TB232 Pfaff table support; £10
tb216bracket
TB216 Singer table support with bracket; £10

TB217 Hooks to hold the drawer cages steady; £5 each (sorry, sold out)
tb217a-drawerhooks
TB217a thinner versions of TB217 (5); £3 each
tb189beltloop
TB189 Belt loop and brake from Wheeler and Wilson 9; £8

TB188 Underpan (sump) from Wheeler and Wilson 9; £5

TB086 Foot rest from Jones CS treadle; £5

TB202 Possibly a knee lift thingy, really nice and complicated; £10

TB200 Spring-out table/flap support and bits, with hinges, from electric table; £10

Knee Bars and Actuators


Usually for electrical conversions and such...
If you have a little round hole in the front of your machine's base and a curious metal box in the tool compartment, this is what you need.

Note that these Singer ones have a flat end - I almost never get the US type with a round end

TB142 Full-size Singer 192978 knee bar for 15, 66, 201 etc; £20
TB142a for 3/4 sized machines; £20 (Sorry, out of stock, but the bigger ones TB142 will work)

TB142a Detail

TB142b Catch for holding the knee bar inside a domed case (fastens under the bolt for the handle); £4.50
tb145kneebarbox
tb255kneebar
TB255 Knee bar with actuator box, no idea what this fits; £12.50
tb165kneebarcatch
TB165 Knee Bar Catch; £6.50

Motor Brackets

Have been moved to HERE along with some other interesting stuff.. Go look...

Hand Wheels

Have decamped to HERE, along with Clutches...
My address is:-
Helen Howes
Helen Howes Sewing Machines
1 Castell Farm Cottages, Thurlton Road, Raveningham, Norfolk NR14 6NY. UK
07914 676182
Email me here - helen@helenhowes-sewingmachines.co.uk
I prefer that you email me (at any time), or phone between 3 and 6 (UK time) most days