Yes, threadle and hand crank always came with spoked hand wheel. That said, the solid wheel is correct either way. From about 1930 it became much more common to covert them to electrical, it still was way up into the 50s. Unless something is not working for me or not looking nice at all, I take any convertion as a part of a machines story and I haven't changed the wheels what ever they where. If an electrical machine has a spoked wheel you can be pretty sure it once was a hand crank or treadle. Some machines were given the small solid wheels at the time of the electical conversion, but they run well with either wheel. Some later zigzaggers have been put in threadle bases, and run fine with out any parts changed, but in general the larger hand wheel give the needle more punch, and with electrical machines the smaller wheel gives a slighly firmer start/stop.
Last edited by Mickey2; 05-04-2016 at 06:38 AM.