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General Upholstery Questions and Comments => General Discussion => Topic started by: needles eye on June 11, 2011, 10:32:09 pm

Title: 132K6 broken clone
Post by: needles eye on June 11, 2011, 10:32:09 pm
Hi
have a chance to buy a newish Chinese 132K6 cheap
but its broken, that is, it's stuck on the longest stitch
has 2 inspection plates at rear
you can see in and note that the 2 circular bits won't lock together
and a screw has broken off there, 3 of them all together
hard to fix? junk? or worth trying?
cheers
Title: Re: 132K6 broken clone
Post by: scottymc on June 12, 2011, 01:01:37 am
Depends how much it is, having said that I would be very cautious as I have owned a k6 for 30 years now and have had no problems with it, never had to buy a part. It is a pity you are in Perth as I am about to sell it with a binding attachment , you would need to be getting the Chinese one for next to nothing.
Title: Re: 132K6 broken clone
Post by: fragged8 on June 12, 2011, 02:38:20 pm
i've had chinese copy machines in the past and would much rather
buy a second hand well known brand like Juki, Brother Durkopp etc

yes i know most of the big brand machines are Chinese made now
but seem to be of a much higher standard than Clone machines.
Title: Re: 132K6 broken clone
Post by: needles eye on June 12, 2011, 10:44:41 pm
Thanks for the advice, Gents.
8)