Design-A-Quilt Free-Hander Quilting Machine
#11
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
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Hoo boy I just did a bunch more research on that company. You might want to let that machine go to the graveyard and buy a different brand. There's a very good reason that company went out of business. The machines had a tendency to catch fire. The owner, a guy named Dan Puckett, refused to deal with or even talk to his unhappy customers, so one of them took him to court. He filed bankruptcy and opened under a new name. He was at the quilt show in Paducah and saw a quilt made by the quilter who had sued him, and he threw bleach on it. He ended up going to prison. Not sure if he's still in. This was about 2002, I think.
#13
I have this machine, my repair man said it's a reworked Juki. The parts he uses are from this:
http://www.raichert.com/adobe/DLN415...ion%20book.pdf
I've had mine for several years and have had no serious problems with it.
http://www.raichert.com/adobe/DLN415...ion%20book.pdf
I've had mine for several years and have had no serious problems with it.
#15
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Bunker Hill, IL
Posts: 101
There was just a posting on this board last week from someone who designs parts in a program and then sends them to a company that uses a 3D printer and manufacturers the parts. It looked really cool.
#16
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 23
I can't believe the wonderful responses I am getting. This has helped me tremendously. Shelby's response was very helpful. The Juki machine looks just like my machine. I'm getting closer and closer to the resolution of my problem, namely, how to order replacement parts. Shelby's reassurance that her machine has proved to be a good machine matches what I have seen in the machine I have. I have never had any problems with it, however, I have not really had much of an opportunity to use it for a good long while, but I am looking forward to working with it. I like the fact that I can sit down and quilt. (I have a bad back.)
#17
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 4,783
Hoo boy I just did a bunch more research on that company. You might want to let that machine go to the graveyard and buy a different brand. There's a very good reason that company went out of business. The machines had a tendency to catch fire. The owner, a guy named Dan Puckett, refused to deal with or even talk to his unhappy customers, so one of them took him to court. He filed bankruptcy and opened under a new name. He was at the quilt show in Paducah and saw a quilt made by the quilter who had sued him, and he threw bleach on it. He ended up going to prison. Not sure if he's still in. This was about 2002, I think.
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