Originally Posted by miriam
Could you provide more info on the brass handwheels?
They were made, for a time, by Amish craftsman in Lancaster Penn. area. But they discontinued their production because the cost of the brass stock pushed their price point above that which their local market would bear. They now make the same type of wheel in steel, and paint it white so as to match the color of the Bernina Model 1008 machine you see, in the picture. They are not as lovely as the brass, of course, but they are just as functional. I have one of each of them on the two spare machines I own.
John