Electric sock knitting machines

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- Teresa
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posted 14 years ago

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 2:23 AM

Hello everyone,
My family and I own an alpaca ranch and we need to create end products
out of our fibre, I want to make socks! I need help in finding an
electric sock knitting machine, I plan on producing a lot of socks so
it would need to be able to crank out enough to make it worth while.
They need to come out professional looking. I have been searching for a
couple months now and I get people steering me to the antique hand
crank machines, I am pretty sure I need electric.
Please can somebody help me, I am at a loss.
Thank you in advance for your valuable time and insight.
Teresa Hall
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Castle Ranch Alpacas

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- Els van Dam
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posted 14 years ago

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 6:16 AM

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You are looking for a professional machine. If you belong to an alpaca growing group of some sort, I would ask there what other alpaca growers are using. I have a friend who runs a small fiber mill for spinners and knitters, she may know where to go, I will ask her. Stand by
Els

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posted 14 years ago

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 6:41 AM

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Teresa
There are a multitude of industrial sock knitting machines listed on the internet. Most of these come from India, and China. I would go to your local library and look in one of the trade directories. There may be secondhand ones available. So many of our textile factories in the USA as well as in Canada or now closing, because labor is cheaper in third world countries and all this industry is going off shore. Lots of cheap machinere for sale. Believe me, often it goes to the dump, or a recycle place. My husband used to be in the machinery moving business.
Els

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posted 14 years ago

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 12:25 PM

On 16 Apr 2006 19:23:00 -0700, "Teresa" spewed forth :

I make socks on an antique Legare47 sock machine. They look plenty professional and take about 30 minutes per pair to crank and graft.
A commercial electronic sock machine will likely require yarn finer than you can spin yourself in quantity or than most mills can or are willing to spin. One turns up occasionally on Ebay in the several thousands of dollars price range. New units can cost a few tens of thousands.
If you'll google "used textile equipment" you should find plenty of machines.
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