I like the idea of having a machine that I can put on our porch in good weather and sew.
While I know that power outages happen, and they have here, it is not the aguement I can give my DH. He put in a whole house generator that runs on our LP, and I already have a treadle I can use.!
I still want a hand crank though, regardless if he thinks its a silly idea.
Thank you all for your encouragement. It helps to bounce off these ideas with people who have an idea of what I am talking about