Originally Posted by
BarbaraSue
A "potted" motor is extra to the machine and is therefore easier to remove. You can make a hand crank or go back to a treadle easily if it is a potted motor.
So, if I would eventually like a treadle, I could turn say, another 15-91, into a treadle since it has the potted motor (which I could remove)? Would be nice to find a treadle that is already a treadle, in a table - but nice to also have options of creating it myself, more or less, if I can't find what I am looking for.
Is this the same idea of turning a machine into a hand-cranked machine? I know with a treadle one cannot sew in reverse. Can you go in reverse with a hand-crank? Ideas floating through my mind...