I just noticed someone said you could hand crank it. You can on one condition: it has to have a raised place on the side of the machine with a hole in it for the motor to mount. If the motor was mounted by just a hole drilled in it and a screw or if the motor was attached on the back you will not be able to hand crank that machine with a regular hand crank. It is a pretty machine but there were a gazillion of them made.