Originally Posted by
Sheluma
If your power goes out, you can take off the motor and put on the hand crank and sew. It is more challenging to sew with one hand while cranking with the other, though. Good luck! --Sheila
The only two thing I am on different ground on are these.
The handcrank and the motor bracket can almost always be mounted at the same time, so you only need to pop off the belt.
Most everyone who has tried the handcranks at our "Victorian Sweatshop" shows go into it believing it will be harder and then find out that after a couple minutes of practice it really is just as easy. In fact, my DD prefers the handcrank now for more control.
my .02