Replacement Singer hand cranks at Walmart
 

Very likely the cheap kind no one likes, but what a weird place to find one. https://tinyurl.com/Singer-hand-crank

At the cost of $17, it can't be made very well.

I agree with Lina.

I’ve purchased reproduction hand cranks off of eBay for a similar price. They are of course not the same quality as the originals but they are quite good and fully functional. I used a little black fingernail polish to cover up the parts of the decals that I didn’t want to see.

these are probably from the same manufacturer as those found on Ebay and sewing sites. Like much of Walmarts stuff sold online it actually is shipped from a vendor, in this case Kudosale. I would have no problem ordering one here, as I've had no problems with the two I ordered off Ebay to convert two belt driven vintage machines to handcranks. No worries, and hand cranking is fun, restful, and quiet.

I've used 5 or 6 of these. They need lube and screw tightening sometimes, but serviceable.

Leonf, oh guru of all that is hand crankable: Is there any info on the size of the drive shaft in sewing machines? Like, how many of them are compatible with that spoked wheel you need to make a crank crank. Because I would like to see a hand crank zigzag machine.

ack I messed up somehow.

ya mean something like this.?

It is a Brother badged by some other name.. GF's daughter needed a ZZ HC and so I started looking .Had the boss and the right size shaft. Plug and play. oh maybe I lost bobbin winding but I have a sidewinder. I haven't measured the shaft, just stole a handwheel off of some Singernhandy and it fit.
She was doing a bra making class.

also There is a vintage Singer zz. Maybe a 101. I'm not certain of that.

My Atlas looks like a possibility too, But I haven't tried it.

Singer 237 hand crank
 

If your not opposed to drilling a hole in your hand wheel, you can try some thing like this. I swapped in a plastic hand wheel for this experiment.
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206 was the first Singer zig zag capable machine; (most) others before can be made to zig zag with an attachment. The 206 and later have solid handwheels and can be made to treadle, but handcranking requires a special attachment some folks make by tapping the friction nut in the center of the wheel to accept one...
Matt

I'm not sure if the 206 could be done. From my understanding, the 306 and 319 the motor boss is not lined up to properly use a hand crank. Dianne brought a Nelco ZZ machine that she had put a hand crank on to one of our get-togethers.

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LeonF put one on a Wizard machine.

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A couple of links for converting to a hand crank can be found at http://www.treadleon.net/sewingmachi...handwheel.html and http://dragonpoodle.blogspot.com/201...and-crank.html There used to be another, but it is no longer available.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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Matt