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Using a hand crank will require some practice, and certainly speed is not going to happen. You can control the fabric feed with one hand because you are going to be going slower.

@@KevinPinkerton thank you

Needlebar was my source, but they no longer exist.. but here is a copy on my google drive drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cpNONWmhlAE1JhB1Obejt-YbyhHGCKgz?usp=sharing

And here is my remade part for the tension. The original part was also made of wood . photos.app.goo.gl/p61RcRQr2AYTyy99A

And if you are bold.... here is my taking the original apart. goo.gl/photos/TbF9WjhAHfcpvhw37

My wife says: "My embroidery-experience is by solely letting the feed dogs of my chain-stitch machine move the fabric...I like the control I have in following the pattern, and also the even stitching that is produced this way."

My wifes loves using this machine and I will pass along your praise!

You are welcome. I have another camera video adaption in mind, but I have no idea when I will make it. It will be about how to remove lenses from older, folding cameras and getting them to fit onto a helicoid for use on a mirrorless.

Thanks. I will pass that along to her.

Thank you! I hope to make a video sometime on how to pull lenses off of old rangefinder cameras and similar and show how I get them to work on my mirrorless. I just need to make the time.

@@KevinPinkerton I hope you realize how absolutely excellent your videos are. I know farmers don't have a lot of spare time. I've subscribed (loved the snakes video!), and look forward to seeing what you do in the future. Farmers were some of my best friends when I was in Seminary & pastoring rural churches. Great to get to know you. What state are you in?

​@@stevencbradley thank you again. The farm is a true blessing to my wife and I. I'm in southern Maryland, south of DC on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. My wife's father bought the farm back in the late 50's and my wife grew up farming and made a career out of it when she graduated from college. We are the current caretakers now.

There is an RAF Camera link in the description....:)

I have screwed up internal focusing helicoids myself (while taking them apart) and they are next to impossible to line back up. External helicoids can often solve that problem and fortunately M42 helicoids come in lots of lengths. Good luck!

​@@KevinPinkerton I'll let you know if i solve my problem (i found external 9mm and 14mm helicoids, i hope to find the good length...)

@@KevinPinkerton Hello i received the hellicoids and the 9 mm length solved my problem !!! The lens is now 100% usable !!!

Thank you. They are very much like big house dogs. Very polite most of the time too. I have never owned any horses..

haha. That was my way of making sure I picked up the correct Z camera when I went out to shoot. I have had a full spectrum and a normal Z6 when I made he video.

You are welcome Eva !

You are incorrect. This machine is gear driven and I am not talking about the hand crank. If you look underneath the machine you will see all of the gearing. Prior to the 201, all of the domestic Singer machines were cam driven. The gearing on the 201 is what makes this one of the best cast iron domestic Singer machines ever made.

If you cannot find a fixed adapter for it (which you probably cannot), look for an old Petri camera, or perhaps extension tubes or bellows for the Petri and work some magic to get the camera side onto a M65 or M42 threading. For use in a helicoid. M42 helicoids come in shorter lengths than the M65 ones. Super glue is an alternative for adapting the camera mount to a M42 or M65 threaded ring...

@@KevinPinkertonthank you for the response. i have a couple of ideas including a sacrificial petri body already in my cart on ebay. the petri mount looks pretty straight forward to come off the body, I'm just trying to figure out the best way to adapt it to a helicoid. ideally i want a speedbooster involved somehow because the 2x crop on the m4/3 body. the petri lens is in the mail, ill have a better idea what I'm dealing with when it gets here

She was a rescue and I suspect this was something she picked up from her first home.

What is wrong with the threading? I am sure I used a manual to figure it out

That makes sense! I have never shot tilt/shift but I do have an M42 adapter for it. Perhaps someday...

Thank you. I am going to do another video sometime on how to adapt some old box camera, TLR and other type lenses to work with a mirrorless. I cannot promise when, but over the winter I hope

I assume you have found the video on the W&G chainstitch... She uses it in hand crank mode when doing embroidery. I am pretty sure she does not use if for regular sewing. We have a Cornelly (Singer version) that she wants to spend time with and practice with. It does the chainstitch on top where you can see it. The W&G she uses came out of a treadle and we got the handcrank for it from somewhere in the UK. And to be honest, the W&G she uses is actually a National clone of the W&G. But it is identical. If you use FB, my page is facebook.com/kevins.donkeys and you will find Cheryl FB under my friends.

I do not remember...

If there are pellets there, than they are poop pellets. The lambs drink only mother's milk for several weeks.

You welcome. I am always glad to share!

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