Originally Posted by
Muv
... Also the balance wheel isn't attached to a separate crank so you only get one turn of the wheel for one turn of the handle instead of the three that you would get with the crank - you will really feel the difference when you start sewing with it. ..
Actually because of the internal gearing inside the handwheel it
does stitch three stitches for every turn of the hand crank... I was wondering about the 3:1 thing myself until i tried it.
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I will try to thread it up and see if I can get some stitches out of her tonight.