tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16882602.post8831805462153555375..comments2023-11-03T02:57:27.778-07:00Comments on yarn, kids, dogs, and a few wierdos: Treadle and Hand crank Singerswoolywomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14798060848062776281noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16882602.post-34162450068780548252012-07-16T16:06:44.386-07:002012-07-16T16:06:44.386-07:00Hi: I too just "found" a model 66 or 66-...Hi: I too just "found" a model 66 or 66-1 head and beautifully preserved cabinet. I am in touch with some folks who will send non-electric appliances to Afghanistan but they prefer hand crank to treadle machines. Am to understand that your "conversion" to handcrank was to simply remove the treadle belt and add the little glass knob to the wheel? And that with that conversion you are getting one stitch per revolution? <br /><br />thanks much!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16882602.post-86121894720792863312011-08-07T15:50:28.142-07:002011-08-07T15:50:28.142-07:00Hey, could you give me more details on how you add...Hey, could you give me more details on how you added the knob to the spoked wheel on the Singer 66 to make a hand crank? I picked up a White Rotary head last weekend, and they usually can't be converted to hand cranks. This just might work, if I can just remember to turn the wheel the other direction from my Singers.Cheryl's Teapots2Quiltinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005480747596617459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16882602.post-88792124977642493682011-07-27T00:33:19.212-07:002011-07-27T00:33:19.212-07:00Both machines are beauties! I like your clever sol...Both machines are beauties! I like your clever solution for a hand-crank.<br />Your decals on your Singer 127 are in excellent shape. Enjoy sewing with your vintage finds!MQuilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055414902228765068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16882602.post-52010646454166395582011-06-04T17:10:34.022-07:002011-06-04T17:10:34.022-07:00omg! the things you find...makes me envious :D and...omg! the things you find...makes me envious :D and the things people throw away amaze me.CraftyGamerGrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07657762880212246179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16882602.post-91567782694574059222011-06-03T08:46:11.627-07:002011-06-03T08:46:11.627-07:00Rene, if by "obscure needle" you mean a ...Rene, if by "obscure needle" you mean a round-shank needle, I have just done serious research to find them for my 1930's Kenbar hand-crank. Search Embroidery sewing needles - commercial embroidery machines use round-shank needles!Maehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14718028246991156237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16882602.post-7308489887127939692011-06-03T06:26:19.787-07:002011-06-03T06:26:19.787-07:00I love your machines! How sad that someone was jus...I love your machines! How sad that someone was just pitching that lotus 66! The decoration is so pretty. Hm. If you have a casting hole where you need to put a boss, could you bridge the hole with something on the inside and the outside, with a screw through them, so they clamp the metal as you tighten the crank? <br />I really want a treadle--I have one but it uses an obscure needle so is less than useful.Renenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16882602.post-27156566085314216402011-05-30T20:28:38.566-07:002011-05-30T20:28:38.566-07:00Beauties!!Beauties!!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14259224371019587524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16882602.post-36513751473721424612011-05-30T18:22:43.221-07:002011-05-30T18:22:43.221-07:00Oh what beauties you have!!! So glad you saved th...Oh what beauties you have!!! So glad you saved that poor little LOTUS 66 from the trash!! I just can't imagine anyone throwing away something like that...it's mind boggling! Love the Pheasant decal in the gorgeous parlor cabinet too!!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13460188580549040009noreply@blogger.com