This step by step tutorial of how to convert an electric washing machine into pedal power for an off the grid appliance that cleans your laundry. Homesteading and off-the-grid living often means having to make do without all of the usual amenities of urban living. However, this does not mean that there are not ways to adapt some machines so they can be used without electricity. It is interesting that machines that actually originated as non-electric machines and their design were changed over time as electric motors and other systems were added to them.