Originally Posted by VernaL
Does anyone have one of these? I like to go camping and I was thinking one of these machines might be fun to take along. I have seen a couple of these over the years and you can get pretty proficient using them I know. I just haven't seen them mentioned.
Thanks for any info.
It is really easy to convert an older Singer to hand crank. You simple take off the solid hand wheel and also the motor (one screw) and replace them with a spoked hand wheel and a crank. A Singer 99 or Spartan is a nice 3/4 machine to do this on. I just did a Spartan ( machine AND conversion kit total cost was $70, plus I still have the motor to convert it back anytime I wish.) I plan on teaching grandkids to sew this summer on it.
Source for crank and wheel:
http://shop.sew-classic.com/Hand-Crank-Treadle_c31.htm
and directions for doing it:
http://www.treadleon.net/sewingmachi...onverting.html