Raymond Sprouse
06-19-2011, 12:41 PM
Over the winter, I built a wooden continues motion treadle lathe. It works fine but I wanted something a little smaller to take to shows. Today, my parents came over for a Father's day breakfast and brought me a little something. They found an old cast iron treadle sewing machine. At least I think it was.
Someone took the top off and put long flower pots on the top. They had it in there yard for years. It was froze up and didn't work. I got out some WD40 and a torch and went to work.
I got all the seized parts loosened and it is working again. I took it all apart and am going to have it sand blasted. My plan is to make a small, bench top sized lathe out of it to do pens, bottle stoppers, and other small items. I do want to paint it to match my powermatic mustard monster.
Does anybody know where I can get the mustard yellow color to closely match?
Someone took the top off and put long flower pots on the top. They had it in there yard for years. It was froze up and didn't work. I got out some WD40 and a torch and went to work.
I got all the seized parts loosened and it is working again. I took it all apart and am going to have it sand blasted. My plan is to make a small, bench top sized lathe out of it to do pens, bottle stoppers, and other small items. I do want to paint it to match my powermatic mustard monster.
Does anybody know where I can get the mustard yellow color to closely match?