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#1
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#3
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yes he's been at that for awhile, he just drills a hole in the release knob and screws in a what used to be call a trailer house window crank, you can do the same thing for about 5 bucks . now days the most common place to get the crank would be a RV supply
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I'm not certain of how many people want to hand crank their featherweights.
Yes, it does take a little time to drill and tap a hole for the screw.
http://www.lowes.com/pd_155426-76018...r|1&facetInfo=
The markup may still be just a wee bit high.
Maybe I should steal the idea for the machines I want to bring to next year's fair, the part getting modified isn't exactly hard to come by.
Rodney
Yes, it does take a little time to drill and tap a hole for the screw.
http://www.lowes.com/pd_155426-76018...r|1&facetInfo=
The markup may still be just a wee bit high.
Maybe I should steal the idea for the machines I want to bring to next year's fair, the part getting modified isn't exactly hard to come by.
Rodney
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AHA! I knew I'd seen a FW handcrank somewhere. Ed Lamoureux also gave one of his an alternate power source:
http://sewing-machines.blogspot.com/...herweight.html
Cari
http://sewing-machines.blogspot.com/...herweight.html
Cari
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Ed Lamoureux also gave one of his an alternate power source:
http://sewing-machines.blogspot.com/...herweight.html
Cari
http://sewing-machines.blogspot.com/...herweight.html
Cari
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