Originally Posted by
flawhoopi
Can someone please tell me if a Singer or Sears Kenmore 158.1753 will fit into a Necchi sewing machine table?
I have the opportunity to buy a Necchi in a cabinet but if the Necchi doesn't work then I have other machines I can replace it with. 1 White, 2 Sears Kenmore,6 Singers and 1 Montgomery Ward. I'm mostly just board out of my gourd and need a reason to get out of bed! And I enjoy fixing up old sewing machines, and quilting. Thanks for any and all help♥
Leon and Cari are both right.
If it is one of the old flat bed Necchi machines than a lot of the Singers would fit in it. It really depends on which Necchi the cabinet is for. I have some Necchi machines that aren't the same foot print as a full size Singer. If it is like a Super Nova, then probably the full size Singers will fit in it.
It depends on the which White you have. If it is an 11, 41 or 43 or like those than they will not fit the same as a full size Singer or Necchi cabinet.
Unfortunately my Signature/Montgomery Wards machines weren't near at hand when John was working on the "Universal" base board for the work stand. I have a UHT J285C that came with an adapter so that it would fit in a Singer or ?? cabinet. While the pins and spacing are the same, they are offset from Singers. I'm not sure that I've ever gotten it out for John to measure. I'm using it as a parts machine. One of the other Signature machines is in a portable case and I have misplaced it. I just remember it made a beautiful zig zag stitch.
This is a very picture heavy page that shows some machines
Sewing Machine Work StandPost #51 A picture of the White 43
Post #62 Pictures of some of machines that have the same foot print (including Necchi SuperNova)
Post #67 Is a picture of two Kenmores. One is the more square cornered Kenmore that Cari was talking about having to really tear up a cabinet for it to fit.
I looked up the 158.1753 and it is like the more square cornered one that wouldn't fit. You didn't say what the other Kenmore is.
Italian Necchi's are very good machines, but like so many European machines they have very tight tolerances and like to be used regularly.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.