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08-27-2014, 08:54 PM

#11

Peckish

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Location: Pacific NW

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I have 7 machines and my favorite is the Brother 1500. It is an awesome machine. It has a knee lift and I bought it used for $400.

08-28-2014, 02:21 AM

#12

jitkaau

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Location: Australia

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All of my Brother machines have knee lifts. Reasonable prices as well.

08-28-2014, 04:33 AM

#13

lclang

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Babylock higher end machines have a kneelift.

08-28-2014, 05:25 AM

#14

Lady Diana

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Location: Keller, TX

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Check with Brubakerssewing.com; allbrands.com; kenssewing.com. They can tell you and also check sale prices.
Allbrands and Ken's has a lot of machines that you can see on their site....or check Janome.com for machines that have the lift, then go to the dealers for pricing.

08-28-2014, 05:51 AM

#15

Sew Freak

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Location: Manteno, IL

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I bought an HViking because of the bigger harp for quilting and when I started to sew I noticed there was no knee lift, however, it actually has a better system for the auto raise foot presser - when you stop it automatically lifts the foot about (???) 1/16 of an inch and you are then able to move the fabric if needed. I am Bernina all the way....I just couldn't justify getting a newer Bernina for the bigger harp when my Artista 180 (yes it's old) works great! The HViking was around $1000...not really sure...but I like it for doing my quilts. Good luck with your search.

08-28-2014, 05:51 AM

#16

Janie67

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I bought a trade in Bernina 440 at a Phaff dealer with a knee lift. For less than 800.00

08-28-2014, 09:07 AM

#17

llong0233

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Location: Desert Southwest

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The Brother cs6000i does. It also has some 70 (don't quote e) built-in decorative stitches; needle up/down; threader and loads of other features. I got mine for $150 about 7 years ago. They still make that model and it can be purchased new for around $190 or look on Ebay for used. Mine came with a load of feet and attachments and a quilting stand/extender. I love it. Good luck and let us know what you decide. I am always interested to know the final decision.

08-28-2014, 11:59 AM

#18

matraina

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Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: Tallmadge, OH

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I have the Bernina 820, which has a knee lift. I don't use it because it hurts my leg. I'm on Coumadin. Don't know whether that has anything to do with it or not.

08-28-2014, 12:04 PM

#19

SueSew

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Join Date: Jan 2011

Location: Nawth o' Boston

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Quote:

Originally Posted by toverly

The Juki TL2010q not only has the knee lift it has a thread cutter on the foot pedal. Sounds wierd but oh so worth it. Between the knee lift and the cutter, your hands are free to only handle fabric. The cutter almost eliminates the need for chain stitching since it cuts with less than a 1/4" tail.

My Janome has the thread-cutter and it cuts the thread very short, but not nearly 1/4"! - so short that if I am using the Superior thread Bottom Line/So Fine poly threads, it pops right out of the needle and I have to re-thread it...or it takes a bit to bring the bottom thread up to the top. How do you deal with that when there is such a sort tail?