Janome sewing machines
#51
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: new york state
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I have a janome and would never buy another. It has a mind of its own. Some days it sews fine other days the stitch is whatever length it chooses to be.
Took it in for an overhaul but still the same problems.
Took it in for an overhaul but still the same problems.
#54
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Midwest
Posts: 5,051
For crying out loud take it to the repair shop! You may decide you want another machine, but don't give up on a machine you know and love. The chances are good that it will cost less to get a profession repair/tuneup than it will to buy another machine. froggyintexas
True. Re-reading the original post, she has NOT taken the machine in for a service. ......pretty obvious first step to a remedy.
sandy
#55
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 673
G'ma Kay asked why I dislike my Janome 6500. My machine should have been painted yellow. I have had feed dog issues, bobbin issues, rattling, jumping out of place bobbin cases, chipping paint, growling, groaning, jamming, breaking needles on thicker seams or even across seam junctions, chewing up fabric at the start, skipped stitches and refusing to raise the feed dogs to a sewing position once they are lowered for FM. I do like all the stitch selection, the self threading and thread cutter (no problems with either of these). I have recently decided to dump this machine and buy something else! The problem is, I don't know how I can sell it and I don't want to keep it anymore.
I got taken when I bought it. It was a floor model and the saleswoman was just about to take it to my house she wanted it out of there so fast. She had just been to a big show and wanted room for the 15000. Should've known. She never "got around" to having classes. So I'm sure it does a lot more than I know how to use.
Find a place where you'll get service after the sale no matter what you decide on.
Mine has been a disappointment all the way around.
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