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Posted by Olwyn.Mary on October 7, 2009, 8:12 pm
Our church is having a rummage sale this Saturday. There is an older
Necchi - Alco 500 sewing machine,which I can have for $15 if I want it.
I must decide by Friday noon.
It is an older machine, heavy as lead, with apparently all-metal
construction. It sews straight and simple zigzag only - the needle is
broken so I have to go upstairs and find a new one and install it before
I can test the stitching, but it certainly runs smoothly and quietly.
It has an external motor, labeled made in Japan, but I have not yet
found any kind of serial no. on it. It has a two-pin non-polarised plug.
What I assume to be the bobbinwinder is an odd shaped extrusion from
the upper right front.
I have not been able to find any info on this on the web (I do not have
a Yahoo account so cannot go there) nor can I find a manual.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Particularly by Friday a.m.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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Posted by Ron Anderson on October 8, 2009, 9:33 am
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> Our church is having a rummage sale this Saturday. There is an older
> Necchi - Alco 500 sewing machine,which I can have for $15 if I want it. I
> must decide by Friday noon.
> It is an older machine, heavy as lead, with apparently all-metal
> construction. It sews straight and simple zigzag only - the needle is
> broken so I have to go upstairs and find a new one and install it before I
> can test the stitching, but it certainly runs smoothly and quietly.
> It has an external motor, labeled made in Japan, but I have not yet found
> any kind of serial no. on it. It has a two-pin non-polarised plug. What I
> assume to be the bobbinwinder is an odd shaped extrusion from the upper
> right front.
> I have not been able to find any info on this on the web (I do not have a
> Yahoo account so cannot go there) nor can I find a manual.
> Any help will be greatly appreciated. Particularly by Friday a.m.
> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
Good machine all in all even if a low end machine. One of the basic generic
badged machines. Finding a manual will be difficult but common parts like
feet and bobbin, etc will be readily available.
--
Ron Anderson A1 Sewing Machine
18 Dingman Rd Sand Lake, NY 12153
http://www.a1sewingmachine.com
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Posted by Olwyn.Mary on October 10, 2009, 12:03 am
Ron Anderson wrote:
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> Good machine all in all even if a low end machine. One of the basic generic
> badged machines. Finding a manual will be difficult but common parts like
> feet and bobbin, etc will be readily available.
Thank you, Ron. Nowhere on the web could I find an accurate thread
path, nor which way to insert the needle, nor how to work the little
buttons which I *think* are for the upper thread tension, so I decided
to leave it there, with a note on as to its problems. If I have to pay
for a service call, I would rather it were for one of my two existing
machines.
Thanks again.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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> Necchi - Alco 500 sewing machine,which I can have for $15 if I want it. I
> must decide by Friday noon.
> It is an older machine, heavy as lead, with apparently all-metal
> construction. It sews straight and simple zigzag only - the needle is
> broken so I have to go upstairs and find a new one and install it before I
> can test the stitching, but it certainly runs smoothly and quietly.
> It has an external motor, labeled made in Japan, but I have not yet found
> any kind of serial no. on it. It has a two-pin non-polarised plug. What I
> assume to be the bobbinwinder is an odd shaped extrusion from the upper
> right front.
> I have not been able to find any info on this on the web (I do not have a
> Yahoo account so cannot go there) nor can I find a manual.
> Any help will be greatly appreciated. Particularly by Friday a.m.
> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.