Originally Posted by
jljack
Yeah, I didn't recognize those decals either....so maybe someone does. I bought a new handcrank that did not have those Chinese characters on it, and mizkaki helped me put it on my 99, and it works great. It's not as smooth as an original Singer (I got to try one at a friend's house), but it works fine.
My Singer 201k was a natural born hand crank when I bought it. I much prefer to treadle it. The pictures show her with the hand crank on, the little girls I was teaching to sew were using it. They like to hand crank when they sew.
Sharon W.