Hand Crank Sewing Recommendations

[Anne Bonnys Locker]

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.

[RavenAus]

A treadle I can handle, it's the one-handed sewing I find difficult.

[Anne Bonnys Locker]

A treadle I can handle, it's the one-handed sewing I find difficult.

Maybe you need the electric drill adaptor

[RavenAus]

There is one? Do you have information on it?

[Troy Burch]

Maybe you need the electric drill adaptor

What's that?

[Anne Bonnys Locker]

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.

[RavenAus]

Sounds great, how much?

[schristopherson]

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!