Next time you head over to TreadleOn, look up Cindy Peters. She's on the "recurring listings" page, and she can get you a spoked handwheel (if your machine didn't come with one) and a reproduction (but perfectly good) hand-crank mechanism. They even come with the bolt to put the handcrank onto the motor boss, and pretty pretty pictures as to how to swap the solid handwheel out!
If yours has the coffin-top, you'll need to alter it a smidge so the hankcrank will fit. Otherwise, keep a screwdriver in there, and just take the handcrank off when you're packing up. (Me being the carpenter-type, I modified mine. I can modify yours, too, complete with the chipcarving on the back, but you'll have to send me the top.)
If you don't shuttle-tat, you might want to borrow a video from the library and learn. The lace form was present in that time period, and all your equipment literally fits into a pocket. Teeny things, tatting shuttles...
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If yours has the coffin-top, you'll need to alter it a smidge so the hankcrank will fit. Otherwise, keep a screwdriver in there, and just take the handcrank off when you're packing up. (Me being the carpenter-type, I modified mine. I can modify yours, too, complete with the chipcarving on the back, but you'll have to send me the top.)
If you don't shuttle-tat, you might want to borrow a video from the library and learn. The lace form was present in that time period, and all your equipment literally fits into a pocket. Teeny things, tatting shuttles...