Necchi Supernova Julia. For sale at NC TOGA

 Molly has dibs on this one.  If you want to be put on a waiting list in case she does not want it, leave me a message on the NC TOGA Facebook page.

 

 

 What is hiding in this horrible case?  Oh yeah, I already told you in the title.

 

 

It's a beautiful pink Necchi Supernova Julia 534.  Lovely exterior and fairly clean inside too.

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. 

 

 

It's a high shank zigzag machine which appears NOT to be treadle-able.  I have an original manual for it.

 

It has a feed dog drop.  And you will know that I haven't read the manual when I tell you that I have no idea what Min and Max do.  But you can read about them if you take this beauty home.

You can see how glossy the finish is by the reflections shown.

It comes with a box of cams and accessories.

 

The inside lid has a dial which shows the settings for the stitches made by the cams.

 

 

 

The top tray of cams swings away to reveal the presser foot beneath.

There are two types of cams.  Notice in the photo below the cams in slots:  the black tabs on the left lift those cams up.  Some of the tabs are broken.

Cams go in the top.

 

As someone who works on machines as well as sews with them, I always prefer individual cams over a cam stack machine.

It has a very unusual needle plate.

You can rotate the needle plate among zigzag, straight stitch, and what-the-heck-is-that.  Again, the manual will tell you.

Here's the motor controller, aka foot pedal.

And it's PINK.

 

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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.