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11-03-2014, 05:40 PM
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I just can't wrap my head around using a hand crank and needing my 2 hands to guide the fabric and sew straight. I had thought about returning it to it's original glory as a treadle (I have the treadle cabinet and everything seems to be in working order) but my husband pointed out that I have enough trouble with my right hip as it is and I realized he is right. Just using the pedal on the sewing machine or driving for too long makes it act up. I am going to have to watch some videos of people using a hand crank to see how it's done.
11-04-2014, 02:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Sarabela
I just can't wrap my head around using a hand crank and needing my 2 hands to guide the fabric and sew straight. I had thought about returning it to it's original glory as a treadle (I have the treadle cabinet and everything seems to be in working order) but my husband pointed out that I have enough trouble with my right hip as it is and I realized he is right. Just using the pedal on the sewing machine or driving for too long makes it act up. I am going to have to watch some videos of people using a hand crank to see how it's done.
11-04-2014, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Sarabela
I just can't wrap my head around using a hand crank and needing my 2 hands to guide the fabric and sew straight. ...
When you use two hands, your left hand and right hand work together to keep the fabric tension in the front and back even. This is because you need to control the movement of the fabric while it is "paced" by the machine running when treadling or running an electric.
When you handcrank you have a direct tactile control of the "pull" of the fabric through the machine, so the left hand only has the maintain the front tension and steer. There is no need to control the back tension once the stitch is made.
Once I showed my Daughter that process, she dumped both of her electric machines and has done all of her sewing projects on her Singer 128 hand crank from then on.
11-05-2014, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by SteveH
Allow me...
When you use two hands, your left hand and right hand work together to keep the fabric tension in the front and back even. This is because you need to control the movement of the fabric while it is "paced" by the machine running when treadling or running an electric.
When you handcrank you have a direct tactile control of the "pull" of the fabric through the machine, so the left hand only has the maintain the front tension and steer. There is no need to control the back tension once the stitch is made.
Once I showed my Daughter that process, she dumped both of her electric machines and has done all of her sewing projects on her Singer 128 hand crank from then on.
When you use two hands, your left hand and right hand work together to keep the fabric tension in the front and back even. This is because you need to control the movement of the fabric while it is "paced" by the machine running when treadling or running an electric.
When you handcrank you have a direct tactile control of the "pull" of the fabric through the machine, so the left hand only has the maintain the front tension and steer. There is no need to control the back tension once the stitch is made.
Once I showed my Daughter that process, she dumped both of her electric machines and has done all of her sewing projects on her Singer 128 hand crank from then on.
Yep, definitely a good right arm workout.
Jon
11-05-2014, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveH
Allow me...
When you use two hands, your left hand and right hand work together to keep the fabric tension in the front and back even. This is because you need to control the movement of the fabric while it is "paced" by the machine running when treadling or running an electric.
When you handcrank you have a direct tactile control of the "pull" of the fabric through the machine, so the left hand only has the maintain the front tension and steer. There is no need to control the back tension once the stitch is made.
Once I showed my Daughter that process, she dumped both of her electric machines and has done all of her sewing projects on her Singer 128 hand crank from then on.
When you use two hands, your left hand and right hand work together to keep the fabric tension in the front and back even. This is because you need to control the movement of the fabric while it is "paced" by the machine running when treadling or running an electric.
When you handcrank you have a direct tactile control of the "pull" of the fabric through the machine, so the left hand only has the maintain the front tension and steer. There is no need to control the back tension once the stitch is made.
Once I showed my Daughter that process, she dumped both of her electric machines and has done all of her sewing projects on her Singer 128 hand crank from then on.
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