It sews 5 rows of chain stitch, it will do shirring if you hold your tongue right, and that's what I'm hoping to do! It will also do pin tucks with a special foot but I don't have one.
I also think I've got the needle size wrong!
I saw someone doing that with featherweights, welding a window crank to the clutch knob. I've measured and it turns out my hand crank won't fit because the finger isn't long enough, the spoked wheel is pretty far back and protrudes in the middle which gets in the way, so my current plan is buying a base, and making a bracket that will hold a motor. The base of the machine will fit a standard singer base lengthwise but its narrower than my 99! Will have to put some scrap wood in the base to prop up the front of the machine
