page_title: Singer Model 27 and 127
section_title: Hand crank
hierarchical_section_title: Singer Model 27 and 127 / Power / Hand crank
caption_attribution_description: English: Singer model 128 sewing machine with hand crank Italiano: Vecchia macchina per cucire Singer2
context_page_description: The Singer Model 27 and later model 127 were a series of lockstitch sewing machines produced by the Singer Manufacturing Company from the 1880s to the 1960s. They were Singer's first sewing machines to make use of "vibrating shuttle" technology. Millions were produced. They are all steel and cast iron, and were built before the advent of planned obsolescence, and so they were designed to be repaired rather than replaced. Consequently many remain today, some in collections and others still in service. In company literature they were called "the woman's faithful friend the world over".
context_section_description: Hand cranks provide greater portability at the cost of greater exertion.  A hand crank machine fit in a small case, making it a piece of luggage rather than a piece of furniture.  It also cost significantly less than a full treadle.  Indeed, the 3/4th size model 28/128 derivative was specifically intended for this end.
  The crank is geared to give a negative mechanical advantage so that it can crank the machine at high speed.  Each rotation of the crank handle produces three rotations of the handwheel, and hence three stitches.
caption: Model 128 with hand crank
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