Originally Posted by
Bennett
Looking at my WFR in the crinkle finish with a motor, it doesn't look like there is any place to attach a hand crank. These do still have a spoked wheel, but I'm not sure how you'd retrofit a hand crank to it. The motor attaches to the back of the machine with screws. There is nothing like a "motor boss" as on the ends of most Singer machines.
The only one I've seen is here:
White FR hand crank pic.
I read somewhere (can't remember where) that White's were sold in the US, so not as many were made with hand cranks, mostly treadles and motorized versions.
I have several that will not hand crank. I have a Cinderella, 319, 306 that the motor boss does not line up with the wheel so that it will turn properly. I have some old machines with no motor boss and some with a motor that attaches on the back of the machine. These will not HC. There are newer machines that will HC and newer machines that won't because they don't have a motor boss. Some machines that will not HC will treadle. Go figure.