Is 555,000 stitches on a floor model sewing only machine a lot of stitches??
#11
an embroidery design can easily be 30,000 to 50,000 stitches give or take so you are looking at stitching 10-15 designs on the floor model which to me isn't much if they have had the floor model out for quite some time demoing it for customers
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Dolphyngyrl, not embroidery, just sewing. I wasn't expecting to buy the floor model so I hadn't prepared at all for how many stitches would be on it already. I did ask before buying it and she showed me where that info is in the menu system. When I saw half a million stitches I was pretty startled and said that was too many. She assured me that she can have a busy sewing weekend and put as many as 200,000 on her machine. However, I'm pretty sure her machine was an embroidery model so not really apples to apples.
I have done the math now with stitches per inch, etc. and it isn't as bad as I thought. I mean when you hear half a million stitches doesn't that just sound like a HUGE amount of use? The machine is purring along and I'm smiling a lot so I think it is all working out okay.
I have done the math now with stitches per inch, etc. and it isn't as bad as I thought. I mean when you hear half a million stitches doesn't that just sound like a HUGE amount of use? The machine is purring along and I'm smiling a lot so I think it is all working out okay.
#17
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Although I am a quilting teacher and sew a lot every day, even I was surprised to have the technician tell me at my third annual check-up that my Bernina 440QE had a stitch counter that showed 37 million stitches! At that time I did not know it even had a stitch counter! Just last week the machine had it's fifth annual servicing and it now has just over 50 million stitches - mind-boggling even though (and especially because) every stitch is mine! This is my fourth Bernina in 54 years so you can tell how much I love them - and no, I don't work for them!
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If the price is right, go for it!
#20
All this math so early in the morning is making my head hurt. In the grand scheme I do not believe the floor model has seen heavy usage and if the owner is giving you a warranty and standing behind your purchase I'd be inclined to go for it.
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