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The bobbin loads from the side, meaning mine is a vertical hook, no?

Ok, well a bit of a curveball. I showed up today and instead of the 767 he had completely redone a 367 with new efka motor, controls, transformer, and a bunch of replaced parts. It has pneumatic lift with a new regulator as well. He charged me 2800 and offered to trade it for a new machine if I was unsatisfied along with offering the same 1 year warranty that comes with DA machines. How'd I do?

So essentially it was hand stitched on the tube? Its possible that the intersection tube was threaded and screwed on after the fact.

They said the 867 was around 4k for the eco with the mid range direct drive being 5k fully automatic was around 7k i think. I sort of stopped paying attention as I had no desire to spend that much.

I have single and 3 phase 220v so no issue there. I understand its difficult to gauge but surely there is a price range for a used 767 assuming it functions perfectly? These are the newer, white 767’s not the older grey ones.

Yes meant back track. He is offering a 1 year warranty on the machine, same as a new DA.

After browsing new DA 867’s my local DA dealer told me about the 11 767’s from a recently closed factory that will be available with full automatic and programmable features and also with EKFA motors. The price he quoted me was $2,700 for one and he will let me pick the first of the 11 available. What do yall think? Good deal or spend double for a new but less equipped machine? Do all these bells and whistles such as programmable back tack, pressure foot adjustment at touch of a button, needle positioning, etc need to be there or is it just more stuff to malfunction in the future? He claims the machines are in very good condition. Please share your thoughts. I will be doing low production leather work making furniture upholstery.

Please keep in mind that this thing is only 1.75” diameter and over 4 feet long! How did they do it? It also has the cut out for the tube that intersects the handle near the end. The leather wraps around without any other stitchss on the opposite side.