Originally Posted by
Rodney
Great looking machine! The decals on the arm are intact enough that I think it will clean up nicely.
CD (ThayerRags) here has what I think might be the correct handcrank. They fit the Singer 27 anyway. It has a "U" shaped mount that fastens where the belt guard is. Those ones are a lot less common than the regular Singer cranks though.
Rodney
Thanks, Rodney! I've never seen a Singer handcrank in person, so it's hard for me to picture how they work and go together usually. I read online that some of the VS2s were made as handcranks, but haven't found any pictures, so I don't know if that's accurate. I did find a post on another site about converting a 27 and it had the u-shaped mount - and said they're hard to find. I'll have to dig the 27 out from under the Christmas train and compare!