Necchi Goes Back to the Future
 

We're shopping for a more stout machine to make our products - hoping to find something between our early 70's Kenmores and big honkin' industrials.
The Necchi HD22 was suggested so we checked it out.
It's made by Janome...sold as a Heavy Duty choice for people like us who need a strong versatile machine but not a $1,500 commercial machine. 22 stitches...cast alloy housing...high lift foot...strongest motor in their line...1.08 amp vs .57 for the others in their line...mechanical controls

It's a 1971 Kenmore.
The Kenmore is 1 Amp.
The foot lift is exactly the same. Same stitches.

By comparison to most everything else in the consumer world it is Heavy Duty.
But really...they just went back to the future.

Still a good move on their part. Not everyone wants to mess around with the vintage machines. Which just means more for us. :D

Very true. It is a brand new old school machine with a warranty at a pretty fair price.
+-$400 with lots of accessories.
Waay better than the plastic craptastic machines out there.

That's pretty cool! It's nice they're still making rugged, non-computerized machines. I had to Google it and saw one description saying it's treadle-compatible, too. I guess with the Amish population there's still a demand for treadle-able modern machines! I think there's a Janome that's the same way.

Interesting that THIS machine is made by Janome, too. Does Janome make all Necci now?

Yes, Janome makes Necchi now.

My sister lives in Amish country in Indiana. Went to a viewing the other evening at a home of friends. Their treadles look brand new. They regularly maintain, wax and polish their machines. They take their shoes off when using the treadles so the foot pedal doesn't get scuffed by the shoes.

That Necchi may look like a 70s Kenmore, but I'll wager it's all plastic inside.

None of my treadles look brand new, I guess I won't show them to the Amish folks.

Joe

Probably a safe bet.

I like that Joe!lol