Originally Posted by Miz Johnny
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
I'm still wondering how I can convert the Lotus into a hand-crank since it doesn't have the standard motor boss that is need to mount the modern hand-crank to (so I read somewhere). Read that the old machines hand-cranks were mounted to the wooden box somehow. I don't think I will be doing that, if this is so. I appreciate any suggestions on how to make this idea work.
It needs to become a treadle!!
It was in the treadle that the 15-90 is in. I moved machines around like some move furniture. Long story, but I moved machines around and moved some parts( bobbin winder and spoke wheel) from the RAF machine head to the 15-90 so that I would have the best sewing setup. I don't have a lot of room for numerous treadles. At present, I have two treadles and a sewing desk that are arranged in a u-shape. So, my Lotus went into a bentwood box that sits on my desk. Don't know what I will do with the RAF which was in a treadle (now that treadle has my 201), but it sits in a box waiting to be cleaned up. My husband says the Lotus should go back in its treadle. If ever a treadle without machine head shows up then the desk may go and I will then have three treadles (another rotation). I get dizzy thinking of all this movement.