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  • JUKI K 871, One Touch Auto, knitting machine

    JUKI K 871, One Touch Auto, knitting machine

    JUKI K 871 has 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart, which makes it a standard-gauge knitting machine. The machine has eight pushbuttons which activate (i.e., push forward) the needles are when the ratchet tool is turned. The pushed-forward needles then help to form various stitches depending on the carriage settings. There is no need to memorize…

  • JUKI K 861 knitting machine

    JUKI K 861 knitting machine

    JUKI K-861 is a first JUKI knitting machine to offer semi-automatic needle selection, accomplished by eight push-buttons. It is a standard-gauge machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. Thus, it could be considered a JUKI pioneer for the whole JUKI series of knitting machines. The screw-on carriage handle, S-shaped table clamps and slide-in tool holder…

  • JUKI K-841 knitting machine

    JUKI K-841 knitting machine

    JUKI K-841 is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. Not much is available about this machine. Judging by its vintage row counter, JUKI K-841 was manufactured in Japan very likely in the early 1960s. Additionally, a unique tension mast is also seen in the machines manufactured up to the late 1960s…

  • JUKI K 851 knitting machine

    JUKI K 851 knitting machine

    JUKI K-851 is a standard-gauge, manual/basic knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. This machine was manufactured in Japan very likely in the early 1960s judging by its vintage row counter, and 3-wire tension mast (capable of accommodating three different yarns). Such design of the tension mast included with the machines manufactured up to…

  • JUKI K 821 knitting machine

    JUKI K 821 knitting machine

    JUKI K-821 knitting machine is a truly vintage knitting machine. I could not find a manual for this machine. But judging by its similarity with the Silver Reed SK8 and Silver SK101, machines, it was very likely released onto the market in the late-1950s/early-1960s (see my collaborations on why below). I could not find a…