Originally Posted by
toverly
I converted a 99 to a hand crank. I found it while thrifting and it had a European style plug. I purchased a replacement crank online. It was simple to replace. The crank turned out not to be a true Singer replacement, but it does work and is fun to play with. No, I have never actually sewn anything substantial with it. I call it my hurricane machine.
Thanks for the reply. I'm definitely going to do a little bit more digging into this interesting conversion. After further thought, I don't want to do it to a motored machine that is in otherwise working order. Maybe I'll stumble upon one with bad electrics and go from there . . . .