Originally Posted by
frudemoo
Ron, I totally agree... Necchi tensioners are actually sexy! LOL. I don't know how they do it, but they are so beautifully engineered.
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Despite the look of those feed dogs and having no thread guide, we still got it to stitch!!
That tensioner looks like a 1960s Taiwanese one. Hope it's the same as several other Necchi models and that you can get one.
The thread guide is certainly the easiest part to make, and as long as it leads straight down to the correct side of the needle and is solid, it will work. I broke the thread guide to a machine I was selling a month or so ago (an '80s Pinnock, which is really a Brother) and after trying several others, resorted to desperate tactics and made one from a paper clip.
Tested it by running it at full speed, and it didn't drop a single stitch.
You've done a spectacular job of cleaning that machine. A beautiful result, and hard to believe considering what you paid for it (I'm not going to say)
