Are feet interchangable between machines?
#1
I have inherited several sewing baskets from friends(great auntie's and cousin's left over sewing stuff no one wanted after homes were cleaned out. "she sews give to her") and all of them have feet from unknown sewmachines. NICE feet, hemmers, 1/4" feet, cording feet... They have the same bar accross the foot that looks like my Kenmore would accept. I know one was from a Viking I found bobbins in the same box. I am just too chicken to try and destroy my machine. I have never used another machines parts on my machine. Am I safe to try them?
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There's a 22 page discussion of this on PatternReview.com: http://sewing.patternreview.com/Sewi...ns/topic/38328
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try fitting one on your machine- then carefully (by hand) lower the needle and see if it is going to hit the foot or not- some are interchangeble - some are not- but the basic differences are some machines are low-shank- some are high shank===and some the needle will hit and break-some will work- you will only find out if you try them- but don't just put one on and try to sew---put one on and turn the wheel by hand to lower the needle & see if it works without hitting the foot- if it does you are good to go as long as they attach securely
#8
Originally Posted by bjeriann
I have bought generic feet before. I will do as ckcowl said. Just take it slow and see what happens.
#9
I've used my Brother walking foot on both Janome and vintage Singer. I've also used a Singer FM foot on all three and bunch of the other feet. Bernina and Vikings are usually not interchangable with other machines or each other.
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