If you are on FB you should be able to follow this link and see my husband using my Kenmore hand crank
https://www.facebook.com/calkinsart/...type=2&theater
and here is our grandniece using the Singer 28 hand crank
https://www.facebook.com/calkinsart/...type=2&theater
He takes his Singer hand cranks to teach art at a high school and at 2 art centers. He also uses them for his art such as the quilts and dress sculptures that he is known for:
http://www.calkinsart.net/2015/html/quilts2015_2.html
We now have several hand cranks:
2 Singer 28s, the Kenmore, a German Anker and a Singer 12. A year ago we had none