=====Necchi Sewing Machine===== ^Name| Necchi Sewing Machine| ^Owner | Makers' Alliance | ^Location | Textiles | ^Training needed| yes| ^Hackable| yes | ^Model| BU| ^Serial| U140197| ^Arrival Date| 2015| ^Working| yes| ^Contact| Sam Harmon| Current Status: Ran, but pedal mechanism did not start/stop. Needs electrical work.FIXED 1/29/2017 - Replaced badly decayed cord in plug/pedal mechanism. Seems to be working better. Pedal should probably have a base added. Plug part is now plugged into a cheapo surge protector that's kind of holding the whole thing together. Whole assembly should probably be reworked, but this will get it moving. Replacement motor/pedal might be a good idea too (already on hand, though lamp would have to be wired differently). Pedal works by taking hot of line, and running through one of 5 or six resistances, and back out to drive motor. 8/5/2017 - Bobbin winding does work, though the lever needs to be lifted by hand when doing so. (only with Singer-style bobbins. Necchi(?)-style bobbins seem to hold correctly... 8/08/2017 - Laying a zigzag stitch was accomplished! Also printed out some threading instructions (very useful!) {{tag>[needs_details needs_maintenance]}}