Thread: Return Accufeed foot to the shop?

Originally Posted by wishfulthinking

I purchased a Janome 6600 earlier this year and I like it, but I'm having trouble with it not sewing easily over seams and wanting to kick the fabric over to the left as I get to the end of a seam. Did a little reading & decided the special accufeed quarter inch foot would solve my problems. So, I called the local shop. They were having a sale and offerred to hold the foot for me and still give me the 20% discount this week even though the sale would be over. Well, I picked it up this morning and tried it, and I hate it. It's big & clunky and wobbly and there's no way I'll ever use it. Would it be tacky of me to return it, or try to? Really, I might as well have thrown the money out the window. This was the first time I've been to this shop & the ladies who work there were very nice & I'd hate to spoil my relationship with them. So should I write it off as a mistake, or return it? Thanks!

I've had the 6600 for 2 yrs and have no problems at all with my df feet ... use mine mostly for bindings and sewing thicker fabrics. I have used it to piece several flannel quilts.
You could have a Lemon ? ... and there shouldn't be a problem with your feed dogs but it could be ... ? I'd take machine & foot in and let them see it ...

I'm writing this from the sewing room right now, using the Accufeed quarter inch foot. I can kind of see how people would like it. I'm having no problem going over thicknesses of fabric. However, if I lift my presser foot and insert my next piece, the quarter inch guide doesn't remain steady; it can shift over to the right, so unless I'm really careful I can have inconsistent seams. This doesn't happen with the regular Accufeed foot. It's rigid. So, I think this must be defective & I'll return it tomorrow.

Return the foot if you really don't want it, but I'm thinking your feed dogs might be out of alignment. I had a similar problem last year with my Pfaff and once realigned by the service tech it sews perfectly again.

I've been spoiled by my Pfaff when it comes to the built in walking foot and I think, in ONLY that area, the Pfaff's have a FAR superior walking foot, and in fact, it can be used with MOST of the Pfaff feet...I know, that doesn't help make the Janome one any better.

I really dislike having to remove the regular shank to use the accufeed foot, then remove that to put the other one back on. IMHO, it should have been a snap-on foot like the rest of them! I agree, the Janome accufeed feet are very bulky, but then, the feed dogs are much wider in the Janome, which is a good thing, so guess there is no one machine that is perfect in every way.