Okay I bought a very nice (needed some tender loving care) Singer 99 in a carrying case from the back of a flea market in North Carolina. When I got her home, I cleaned her very well and she ran beautifully on the motor. However, I have several antique sewing machines which I have saved from un-knowing people who didn't know what they were selling and thought "I think I am going to make her a non-electrical machine". I went to Sew-Classic and bought the hand-crank and the DH took the motor off and I put the hand crank on it and she has been wonderful. I can control the perfect straight seam and during all the electrical outages we had during this last winter, I could sit and sew under my battery operated lamp with the straightest seams in the world. I kept the motor for her but she is used a lot for a quick sewing item in an instant.