Necchi BU Mira with Wonder Wheel. For Sale at NC TOGA

 

NC TOGA is coming up in June.  If you don't know what that is I'll be describing it in a future post.  One of the things it is, is a swap meet.  I have some machines for sale, including several Italian-made Necchis. 

 

 

This one is a Necchi BU Mira, with a Wonder Wheel attachment.  The machine is a high shank zigzagger and the zigzag function is built in.  The Wonder Wheel allows you to make additional construction and decorative stitches.  Necchi BUs are treadle-able and I am ASSUMING that this applies to the Mira also.  The alignment of the handwheel leads me to believe this is true.

The Wonder Wheel tire is shot.

 

There are four double-sided cams so there are eight additional stitches.  One cam on the machine and three more.

The machine is very dirty on the outside.  I blew some of the dirt off and oiled the machine so that I could test the stitching.  There is a motor but no motor controller.  And the drive belt squeaks.  If you want to treadle it these things won't be a problem.  So I tested the stitching by turning the hand wheel.  It does form stitches.  That's obviously the most important thing.

 

If you are the kind of person who loves the satisfaction that comes from transforming something from yucky to lovely, this could be the machine for you.  The photos tell the story but I must tell you that they have been edited to show details and this makes the dirt look worse than it really is. But it is bad enough to provide you with that satisfaction.

How's that for marketing spin?  Regular readers know that I tell it like it is.  And I am that person who loves cleaning up old machines.

It's actually not too bad on the inside, although additional cleaning is needed here too.

 

It comes with several high shank attachments and three additional needle plates.  There is a zigzag needle plate on the machine.  There is a straight stitch plate and two plates that cover the feed dogs:  a straight stitch one and a zigzag one.  I have not tested the ruffler.

 

I do not have a paper copy but I can email the buyer a PDF of the manual.

So.  A project machine that needs a lot more cleaning and testing but DOES form stitches.  Treadle-able.  If you are not interested in the additional stitches you could ignore or remove the Wonder Wheel and just use it as a basic zigzagger.

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Here's how this works:  I  create a blog post for each machine and describe what I know about it in detail, pros and cons.  Once I have all the machines up on this blog I will post a price list at the NC TOGA Facebook page.  If you are attending the TOGA and are seriously interested let me know and I will bring it.  "Seriously interested" means that you plan to buy it IF you like what you see in person.  Absolutely NO obligation in advance and I won't take any money in advance.  

Cash or PayPal.  I don't use any other payment apps.  Hey, I'm an old lady.  Can't be learning new apps all the time.

Once the price list is up you can call dibs on any machine and I will make sure you get to see it and decide if you want it before anyone else can buy it.

This approach has worked very well in the past.  Just please don't ask me to haul 40+ pounds of cast iron across North Carolina if all you want to do is ogle it.  Serious interest only please.

Some of these machines will have been serviced and some will not so read the descriptions carefully.  It is not my usual practice to sell machines that I have not serviced first.  But I really need to downsize the herd and TOGA is almost here.  Many TOGAteers are experienced antique sewing machine mechanics themselves.  They will also be glad to provide advice to others about whether a machine is a good choice for a newbie.