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A friend of a friend was down awhile ago and brought her sewing machine. I had never seen one like this. A sewing machine on one side and a serger on the other. Does anyone else have one of these machines? It's a Combi DX New Home.
Boy! I'd love to know more. sewing machine side [ATTACH=CONFIG]256089[/ATTACH] serger side [ATTACH=CONFIG]256090[/ATTACH] |
wow... how nifty.....
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Oh wow, what will they think of next!
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I never knew this existed!
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Wow, never seen one like that before, awesome idea
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What a space saver
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Reminds me of a push-me pull-me for some reason!
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where can i get myself one of those????
they could incorporate an embroidery machine into it! |
Originally Posted by LoriEl
Reminds me of a push-me pull-me for some reason!
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That looks like a really unique machine..I bet whoever invented it made a million bucks!! I am sure it is out of my price range tho....thanks for sharing and giving me something else to at to my "wish" list..crafty_linda_b
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Thats really cool. I will be following this too, what a concept!
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Very nifty.
How old a machine is it? 1980's? |
My eyes are popping out!! I want it! :-)
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How cool is that, I never knew one existed.
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I think this machine came out in the 90's. Jan thought she bought it in 1994. I hope she'll sell me her's someday!
So far I can only find them in New Zealand or Austraila! |
Originally Posted by MzMcKee
Originally Posted by LoriEl
Reminds me of a push-me pull-me for some reason!
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How cool is that~!!!! I really want to play with one.
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I'm thinking Jan should leave it with me while she winters in Florida :)
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now that is really neat....have not seen that one before! It must be an older machine because a general search for one turned up nothing but manuals you could have printed! Darn...thought this would be great for my sister that sews costumes.
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Originally Posted by Candace
I never knew this existed!
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Thanks for showing pictures of it. I have never seen a machine like this before.
Kat |
Cool.
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Am I the only one who'd rather have the machines separate? Very cool, but not for me.
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Cool, never heard of it.
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I think they were available in the mid to late 80s. My DH looked into getting one for me( I think it was a New Home). In the end he decided against because he felt if one part(machine) went bad, you would not be able to use the other either. that was also the feeling of the sewing store owner where he had asked about one. I don't know anyone that actually had one though.
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Oh I forgot! See the lever in the front of the sewing machine? That locks it to the table. When you want to use the serger, flip the lever and it swivels around!!! It is just too cool!!!! :)
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I did some reading on the net and I think the serger part of this machine is only a 2 thread serger....so this would be very, very limiting if true. overcasting etc. needs really a 3 to 5 thread overcast.
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Very interesting. Thanks for sharing the pictures!!
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Originally Posted by irishrose
Am I the only one who'd rather have the machines separate? Very cool, but not for me.
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I worked in a store that sold them in the late 80's, very early 90's. If I remember correctly, it only did a 2 thread overlock stitch, but I could be wrong there. The machine was on a swivel base that you could turn to whichever type machine you wanted to use. I don't think we ever sold one and they weren't out very long. We did have one in the store I played with a good bit, though.
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
now that is really neat....have not seen that one before! It must be an older machine because a general search for one turned up nothing but manuals you could have printed! Darn...thought this would be great for my sister that sews costumes.
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That is so awesome!
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Those have been around for quite a while. I don't know how well they work though, so can't help you there, hopefully someone here will be able to.
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could save room in my sewing room ~ I cannot live without my serger, I sew clothing and pet items and home dec type stuffs as well as quilting :D
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hmmm, interesting. I've never seen anything like that before.
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Originally Posted by Ginaky
I worked in a store that sold them in the late 80's, very early 90's. If I remember correctly, it only did a 2 thread overlock stitch, but I could be wrong there. The machine was on a swivel base that you could turn to whichever type machine you wanted to use. I don't think we ever sold one and they weren't out very long. We did have one in the store I played with a good bit, though.
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That's one of the coolest things I've ever seen! I so want one!
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New Home is now Janome. Doubt they make it anymore unless is outside the U.S.
Some machines today do have the same capability and in fact was just discussed the other day. My Babylock Ellisimo has a sidecutter device which provides the same thing, a 2 stitch overlock. Not worth setting up if you have a serger, which I do. |
Originally Posted by misscarol
A friend of a friend was down awhile ago and brought her sewing machine. I had never seen one like this. A sewing machine on one side and a serger on the other. Does anyone else have one of these machines? It's a Combi DX New Home.
Boy! I'd love to know more. |
Originally Posted by quiltsRfun
Originally Posted by irishrose
Am I the only one who'd rather have the machines separate? Very cool, but not for me.
I do remember one being made by Janome, you could buy it here in Australai many years ago now |
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