Treadel C & P
Does anyone have plans, blueprints, and or diagrams, for a treadel. I would like to make one for or my Chandler & Price 8x12 any information would be greatly appreciated. Mine is motorized. But I’ve operated a friends presses with treadel and it seems much more relaxing.
Does your press have the original crankshaft or a straight shaft? If you have the crankshaft, you could even make the treadle and connecting rod out of wood. (Can you measure from your friend’s press?)
If the press has a straight shaft (usually because someone dropped the press and broke the shaft), then it’s not treadle-able without major work, that is, finding a replacement crankshaft and installing it. (These are parts 12 and 12 1/2 in the C&P “New Series” parts book.)
You can buy one over at Hern Iron Works. They are on sale.
https://www.hernironworks.com/chandlerandprice/
Cool, that’s good to know.
Good idea, I’ll take measurements from friends’ presses. And yes it does have a steel dropped forged crankshaft, in pristine condition. Likewise thanks for the information about hernironworks.com there asking $429. for a treadel. Perhaps if I found an original I could get a local forge to make me a casting?