====== Treadle Sewing Machine ======

| **Field** | Domestic Sewing |
| **Went Obsolete** | Early 20th century |
| **Made Obsolete By** | Widespread electrical service and cheap electric motors |
| **Knowledge Assumed** | Maintaining and operating a treadle-driven machine |
| **When useful** | Sewing "off the grid" or after the Apocalypse |

See http://www.treadleon.net/[[TreadleSewingMachine%3Faction=approvesites.html|(approve sites)]] for complete information and treadle evangelism.