Blog entries on knitting machines I refurbished

I document the testing/cleaning/servicing I performed for the machines I refurbish and pass along. I am doing it so my customers are confident in their purchases. I hope you will be too!

  • Replacing buttons in Brother 4-push button knitting machines

    …in progress… This blog is for specific Brother knitting machines: KH521, KH531 and KH551. When I needed to replace the push-buttons in Brother KH551 knitting machine, I could not find any information on how to do it. I could also not find a service manual for 4-push button knitting machines. Thus, I had to figure…

  • Brother KR850 ribber serviced and tested in November 2023

    Brother KR850 ribbing attachment converts a standard (4.5 mm gauge) flat bed knitting machines made by Brother into a double bed capable of rib and more advanced patterning. It has 200 needles and is compatible with all punchcard and electronic standard-gauge knitting machines. It does not knit on its own – it needs a knitting…

  • Brother KH860 knitting machine serviced and tested in November 2023

    Brother KH860 is a knitting machine capable of creating patterns using punchcards. Read about pros and cons of this model in my Knitting Machine Encyclopedia. But in the mean time, read below about this particular machine. This machine was cleaned and fully serviced. The sponge in the retaining bar was replaced. All needles were inspected…

  • Brother KH890 prepared for Emily in October 2023

    Brother KH890 knitting machine is one of the latest knitting machine models with punchcard-based patterning capabilities that Brother made. More will be coming soon in my Knitting Machine Encyclopedia on this model. In the meantime, about this particular KH890 machine. It was tested on tuck-, slip-. stockinet and fair isle patterning on full bed to…

  • Brother KR830 ribber serviced and tested in September 2023

    Brother KR830 ribbing attachment fits a lot of Brother knitting machines with standard gauge (4.5 mm distance between the needles). It features 200 needles and is capable of creating purl stitches when hooked up to a knitting mahcine. It does NOT knit on its own. Read more about Brother KR830 ribber in my KM encyclopedia.…

  • Brother KH840 cleaned and tested in September 2023

    Brother KH840 knitting machine is a knitting machine capable of creating patterns using a punch-card-reading mechanism. The machine has 200 needles, spaced 4.5 mm apart, which makes Brother KH840 a standard machine. Read more about this model in my Knitting Machine Encyclopedia. Now about this particular Brother KH840 machine. This Brother Knitting machine was cleaned,…