Originally Posted by deplaylady
Originally Posted by jljack
Originally Posted by deplaylady
I am the new owner of a 99K! $40 from CL - I posted pictures in my other topic I started yesterday. I'm going to need a new cord, but I am tempted to put a crank on it. Not sure how hard it would be or if it makes sense. I guess I'm going to have to start naming machines - I have a FW coming home next week, too.
Billy has hand cranks for the 99's. I got one a couple months ago and I plan to de-motor it and put a hand crank on it.
Is that a big job?
Three easy steps: One, remove the motor belt from the motor pulley, then unscrew the flat disk that holds the handwheel in place and replace a solid handwheel with a spoked one-- if needed.
two: unscrew one big screw holding the motor in place.(Save for future reversal if desired.)
Three: screw the crank mechanism into the same hole the motor mount used-- with the angled tongue between the wheel spokes.
DONE--crank away.