Best machine to add a hand crank?
04-22-2015, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by miriam
I had a 15 I really liked to use, too.
04-22-2015, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Mrs. SewNSew
If you had your choice of machines, which would you prefer to have as a hand crank?
I decided to get one of the repro hand cranks for fun and put it on a machine. Now I can't decide which machine to put it on!
I decided to get one of the repro hand cranks for fun and put it on a machine. Now I can't decide which machine to put it on!
04-23-2015, 05:05 AM
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I have one machine with a HC on it. A Singer 99K. I named him Rusty. It works quite well. The machine is heavy enough that it stays put as you use both hands to sew with.
The HC actually came on a 127 but I never used it there, just took it off and put it on Rusty. The 127 will go back in a treadle cabinet as soon as I can get it redone.
3/4 or full size doesn't matter to me as long as the machine is heavy enough to stay put. A light weight machine can slide all over the place as you crank it. I don't want that.
Joe
The HC actually came on a 127 but I never used it there, just took it off and put it on Rusty. The 127 will go back in a treadle cabinet as soon as I can get it redone.
3/4 or full size doesn't matter to me as long as the machine is heavy enough to stay put. A light weight machine can slide all over the place as you crank it. I don't want that.
Joe
04-23-2015, 05:47 AM
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I have a Hand Crank on my Singer Red Eye. It is not on original, and like someone else said here a while back, the ones made now are more like toys. Mine works, but I can tell it is not quality material. It wobbles around as I crank it. I had to have a fly wheel with spokes put on the machine to install it. The motor wasn't any good anyhow.
04-23-2015, 06:02 AM
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Some times they do wobble around. You can replace the rubber thing that goes in the spokes - that breaks anyway - use a piece of tubing or stitch a piece of leather to the end of it. You may have to keep a screwdriver handy to tighten up the screw that holds the crank on the machine.
04-23-2015, 07:00 AM
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Interesting. Thanks for the input! I had decided to use the 99 I have waiting for some clear coat repair and then realized it doesn't have a spoked handwheel. I guess the 128 wins for now!
If I want to replace the 99 handwheel will any spoked handwheel do?
If I want to replace the 99 handwheel will any spoked handwheel do?
04-23-2015, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by miriam
Some of the older Singer's have a longer shaft and won't fit. Other makes won't fit.
04-23-2015, 08:33 AM
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maviskw,
Chances are your redeye 66 came with a spoked hand wheel, it was probably a treadle. Then later converted to an electric machine.
Christy,
I have a couple Chinese spoked hand wheels and they seem to work OK. Not overly pretty or perfectly made, but good enough to do the job. They will work on the 66s and 99s although sometime they require fitting.
Joe
Chances are your redeye 66 came with a spoked hand wheel, it was probably a treadle. Then later converted to an electric machine.
Christy,
I have a couple Chinese spoked hand wheels and they seem to work OK. Not overly pretty or perfectly made, but good enough to do the job. They will work on the 66s and 99s although sometime they require fitting.
Joe
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