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Claudia,
Yes the hand crank kits from Sew-Classic are Chinese. I've read several comments from people who have used them and the worst I heard was that the Chinese hand crank doesn't crank as smooth as a real Singer would.
I have no experience with them yet, so I'm just repeating what I read.
Joe
Yes the hand crank kits from Sew-Classic are Chinese. I've read several comments from people who have used them and the worst I heard was that the Chinese hand crank doesn't crank as smooth as a real Singer would.
I have no experience with them yet, so I'm just repeating what I read.
Joe
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I believe that Guy Baker at http://www.sewingmachineparts.net/ has a couple of hand cranks that are vintage. Not sure which machines they fit...
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Thanks, I appreciate your appreciation.
I watched a war movie with Clint Eastwood once and he had a saying: "Adapt, Improvise, Overcome" I'm afraid since I've never been realllllly financially well off I'd had to do a lot of that.
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I watched a war movie with Clint Eastwood once and he had a saying: "Adapt, Improvise, Overcome" I'm afraid since I've never been realllllly financially well off I'd had to do a lot of that.
:->Joe
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Jim, I used a square burr on my Dremel tool. Cuts right through the leather and leaves a nice neat hole. To clean the machine use sewing machine oil and cotton balls or soft flannel type cloth. There are several threads here by MUV and Skip ( Glenn) on cleaning and touching up the old machines. I'm having trouble with the forum format now so just do a search. MUV's threads on in a sticky at the top of the page so they should be easy to find. Joe
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