Originally Posted by
miriam
Wow! Not one there that hadn't had the snot beat out of it!
Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
All of mine (except the PE200) run from 1954 through the mid to late 1960's. No plastic inside any of them so far. I did have a VX780 with lots of plastic, it was a real disappointment for being a Brother.
More than once I've bought a $10 or $15 machine, took it out of the case and donated the machine back to the store.
Cari
When I first got into sewing machine repair, I was still using an OSMG for my more challenging stuff. He said if you get into it, stay away from Brother. The gears are almost always broken. He said that he had actually opened new in box machines and found broken gears. That's probably what made my tolerance so low when I found the two. That said, I'm actually one of Brother's certified technicians now, so what does that say about me?
I would have tried to donate that one Brother back but it was a private sale.