Members Anne Bonnys Locker Posted May 14, 2014 Members Report Posted May 14, 2014 Go back 150 years and hand crank was all you had and it takes patience and practice. Hand crank is a great starting point when learning to sew before moving on to other methods. Many Saddlers still love their treadle/handcrank Pearson 6's. A treadle machine is more controllable than a servo version as you can run extremely slowly or quickly with ease. Quote Darren Brosowski
Members RavenAus Posted May 14, 2014 Members Report Posted May 14, 2014 A treadle I can handle, it's the one-handed sewing I find difficult. Quote Kind regards, Raven http://wolfscrafts.com/
Members Anne Bonnys Locker Posted May 18, 2014 Members Report Posted May 18, 2014 A treadle I can handle, it's the one-handed sewing I find difficult. Maybe you need the electric drill adaptor Quote Darren Brosowski
Members RavenAus Posted May 18, 2014 Members Report Posted May 18, 2014 There is one? Do you have information on it? Quote Kind regards, Raven http://wolfscrafts.com/
Members Troy Burch Posted May 18, 2014 Members Report Posted May 18, 2014 Maybe you need the electric drill adaptor What's that? Quote
Members Anne Bonnys Locker Posted May 19, 2014 Members Report Posted May 19, 2014 There is one? Do you have information on it? It consists of an on/off foot pedal and an adapter that replaces the nut on the handwheel. Take a 900w variable speed drill, set the speed on low, lock the trigger and plug it in through the prewired foot pedal. Quote Darren Brosowski
Members RavenAus Posted May 19, 2014 Members Report Posted May 19, 2014 Sounds great, how much? Quote Kind regards, Raven http://wolfscrafts.com/
Members schristopherson Posted June 26, 2014 Author Members Report Posted June 26, 2014 I've had one for nearly a year (Able 290) and TBH I'm over it! Hand cranked means you only have one hand for the job and getting anything bar a straight line out of it is a PITA. The machine works well enough but it's just not much use for larger projects or anything with curves I ended up getting one of these. I am mostly sewing leather cuffs and mostly in straight lines so I figured it would work for my purposes. I have it all set up and running and am loving it so far. It will crank through 5oz vegetable tan easy as can be! Quote http://www.etsy.com/shop/exponentiallyawesome http://www.facebook.com/ExponentiallyAwesome
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