Category: Metal bed
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Silver Reed SR-150 ribbing attachment
Silver Reed SR-150 ribber appeared on the market in the 1983 at the same time as its matching knitting machine, Silver Reed SK-150. Thus, Silver Reed SR150 ribber has 110 needles, 9 mm apart. It is very likely that Silver Reed’s SR150 model (unlike Singer’s and Studio’s ribbers with the same model numbers SR150) only…
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Silver Reed SK-150 knitting machine
Silver Reed SK150 first appeared on the market in the early to mid 1980s. It is a bulky gauge knitting machine with 110 needles, 9 mm apart. This machine can knit thicker yarns (worsted weight sold in many stores for hand knitters) but the only patterning can be accomplished on this machine is manual. Clones…
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Studio mod. 323 knitting machine
Studio mod. 323 is a punch-card knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart from each other. Studio mod. 323 is one of the last models in this series not to include a built-in knit leader (although Studio mod. 322 already has a built-in knit-leader… Hmmm…). Studio mod. 323 is very similar to Studio mod.…
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Corona CH-1500 knitting machine
Corona CH-1500 knitting machine is a standard-gauge machine with 200 needles, separate from each other by 4.5 mm distance. Patterning on Corona CH-1500 is done by needle selection governed by the turn knobs located on the carriage (called needle selection control knobs). Corona CH-1500 is very similar to the Corona CH-1000, on which I already…
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Genie CH-1500 knitting machine
Genie CH-1500 is the same machine as Corona CH-1500 (thus, read the corresponding post): look at the images below – the carriage says Corona but all the manuals say Genie. Also, the same machine is Koyo KH-1500. Electronic copies of all manuals for Genie CH-1500 are available online for free. I actually own this machine,…
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Koyo KH-1500 knitting machine
Koyo KH-1500 is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. Koyo knitting machines are so rare that it is extremely hard to find any information on them. It is very likely that these machines were released for the Japanese markets only. However, Koyo KH-1500 knitting machine is identical to the Corona CH-1500…
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Corona CN-110 knitting machine
Corona CN110 knitting machine has “110” in its name because (unlike its similar counterpart Corona CN-9N with 100 needles) has 110 needles, spread 9 mm apart from each other. It is also almost identical to Brother KH210, on which I have written a detailed article already. Similar to other Corona knitting machines, Corona CN-110 does…
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Corona CH-1000 knitting machine
According to the manual and the supplemental material, Corona Craftamatic CH1000 has 200 needles. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine, which means needles are spaced 4.5 mm apart. The machine was manufactured and introduced to the market in the 1960s. The row counter is of a vintage design – a round-ish display with a single…
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Genie KR-710 ribbing attachment.
Genie KR-710 ribber is identical to the Brother KR710 ribber. Thus, read the corresponding post while enjoying the pictures below.
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Silver Pile Rib Knitter
With such a seemingly strange name, Silver Pile Rib Knitter is simply a ribbing attachment. Although I have not tested one myself yet, it looks very similar to Silver Reed (also known as Singer and Studio) SRN-321 ribber, on which I wrote a detailed article already. Thus, Silver Pile Rib Knitter is compatible with the…
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Toyota Elena 7 knitting machine
Toyota Elena 7 is the same knitting machine as the Toyota K600 model. Thus, read the corresponding post.
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Toyota K600 knitting machine
Toyota K600 is a standard-gauge kitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It can accept punchcards (with 12-stitch patterns) to knit various textures and motifs. Toyota K600 is the same knitting machine as the Toyota Elena 7 model. The cardboard box is marked as “K600” but on the carriage, you can see “Toyota Elena…