Now Playing Necchi Supernova Cams and Accessories
Jun 13th, 2008 | By Gidget | Category: Associated Industry Pros, MachinesI’m not sure this is what a friend on the necchi list is looking for, but here are pics of the accessory box (put together from two different machines)
Top Tray:
The top tray cams are:
Buttonhole Cams x 2
III (loop-de-loop design sort of heart shaped at the loops), IV (zigzag), V (scallop design), VI ( |__|__|__| hemstitch design?) I (greek key), VII (A bartack cam – so it appears)
#’s: 2 0′s, 10-11, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19,20-21,22-23,24-25,26-27,28-29,30-31,32-33,34-35
There is an empty, unmarked slot at the top of the #’d cams in the accessory box. I don’t know what that was for.
+ 2 hubs for creating stitch combinations.
Empty oil bottle
Manual Page 5 of Top Tray Accessories:
Bottom Tray:
The bottom tray consists of these items from the manual page 7:
Box, Needle Threader w spare hook, Bobbins, Double Needle (x2), Case with needles, Screws for Straight Guide, Bobbin case with black latch, straight guide, small screwdriver (x3), seam ripper (not in my pic – but have), stopper for circular sewing (x2), screw driver large (have but not shown), quilter wire with clamp, brush (have but now shown), plastic oiler (in upper tray), ruffler and pleater (in seperate box), multiple slotted binder (seperate box also), daring presser foot, guide for blindstitch, hemming presser foot, straight stitch foot, double needle foot, button sewing foot, cording foot, transparent ziz-zag hinged foot with grooved bottom for satin stitch, transparent presser foot for making buttonholes automatically, shell hem presser foot.
On the machine now is a metal zig-zag foot.
Hope this helps someone else out there.
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Do you know which Supernova these go to? There are several models and the cams are not interchangable.
Thanks,
Ben
Some came with the Necchi Supernova shown here and some came with another Necchi Supernova that I bought from a user on the Yahoo Necchi user group. (similar machine – just green).
I just bought a Supernova to replace the one my mother discarded, but the ensamble is missing the buttonhole cam piece. My mother’s (“Supernova” )and this one I just bought (“Supernova Ultra”) are the same thing except that the “Ultra” has the extra capability to embroider circular motifs. I would like to purchaise just the buttonhole can piece from you since there are 2 of them.
Sorry Folks but my items are NOT FOR SALE! This is a personal blog post about my Necchi.
I am not the least bit interested in selling any of the items in my pictures. Want to buy? Go to ebay.
Ps… I don’t repair machines either – so please STOP ASKING! If anyone needs something repaired – Look on Yahoo newsgroups for the Wefixit group.
I have the same accessory box that I picked up at a Salvation Army but have discovered that my Supernova Ultra’s bobbin casing ran away. Do you have any idea where to order one from?
Hello.
I ran across you page about the NECCHI Supernova. I have the same machine in a cabinet . This machine is used by our whole family to learn how to sew as well as to sew stuff ( Daughter and Wife are now using it to sew curtains…so far surprisingly good results after a very slow start and steep learning curve – lots of fun and laughs too, plus it fits our budget).
The only things of importance that are missing are the competed cams: I (Greek Key), VI, and VII. I do NOT want to purchase these, however, Is it possible to see what individual cams are used in these completed sets, so that I can make them up from the single cams that came with the package. (The numbers are stamped on the cams. One on the top and a second number on the bottom since reversing the cam installation will have different results). In the instruction booklet they are only shown as the completed cam stacks I, II, III, IV etc…(on page 118 and 119 of our manual)
The completed sets come in series of 3 stacked cams. As far as I can tell from their positioning in the stacks from Bottom to Top, cam position 1 controls the feed dog (rate and direction), 2 controls the Zig Zag aspects of the machine, and the last cam Number 3 seems to control the needle position.
The design Graduating Knob seems to have a continuous gradation as follows 1 – 30 stiches per revolution of the cam stack; 2 – 50 stitches per revolution of the cam ; 3 – 65; and 4 has 159 stiches per revolution of the cam. At least that is what it seems to do on our families used machine. You can set the knob between thes numbers as well.
My wife, myself and our three children have all learned to sew on this machine. We really like it, but we are still beginners. It is a great machine, and even makes us look like we sometimes can sew something decent, however I am probably the worst of the lot. Still it is a lot of fun.
Anyway, if you can, could you please send us the information on the numbers on the finished cam stacks I, VI, and VII. It would be appreciated if you could find the time to do this. Thank you for your help
Sincerely
Peter and Catherine
Hi Peter and Catherine,
I agree, vintage Necchi sewing machines are in a class by themselves. Absolutely a joy to own.
I do not have a VII cam, however concerning the other two, the I and VI: Individual cams that make up those configurations are not present in my group of cams – they are all a different shape from those found on the I and VI. I has on the underside of the top cam, a #2, on the topside of the bottom cam, a #3, and on the bottom of the bottom cam, a #4. No doubt that is of no help to you. The VI cam just has a 7 digit product # on it, partially obscured where the cams are joined together.
Your best source for information on vintage Necchi’s is at the Yahoo group, necchisewingmachineclub. If anyone knows of a configuration (many have even tried to make their own cams) these folks do.
They are very helpful and many will volunteer information, sources, and even extra cams if they have them.
Best of Luck to you and your family.
Thank you for your reply.
I will look at the information that you have persented in your reply. Thanks again.
The information was helpful. It was a very good start. From the numbers given, I have two of the cams and the proper location and orientation for them (as far as top or bottm of the stack). The middle cam is probably smaller than either of these two cams so I now only have to try a few of the smaller middle cams to see if I can get the proper stitch. Hopefuly it will work out.
After some more playing with our machine, we have found out that the factory assembled cam stacks, such as #III, #IV,# V,#VI etc) are actually fairly easily taken apart into the separate components similar to those that the user needs to build the designs in the manual. The individual cams in these stacks of three have numbers on them to correspond to the design configuration wanted for the various stitches. The only cam stack with our machine that is a single cast piece seems to be the button hole cam which is designated as cam stack #II and also has a handle cast with it. Maybe the design of the cams was changed during the production run of this machine, so that the factory ones cannot be separated into the individual components.
Thanks again for the information about the necchi user group.