For those of you with multiple sewing machines....
#41
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 1,231
I have 5 machines, some from the 80's and 3 from the last couple of years. It seems to me that the new machines are all quieter. 2 brother and a singer. I think it would be hard to find a noisy new machine nowadays. If you're really concerned, go to dealers and test drive some machines.
#42
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Barnesville GA
Posts: 3,181
The quietest (is that a word?) I ever sewed on Old or new... Was a Singer 500a. A friend of mine had it and I cleaned it for her . I told her I was going to steal it. None of my machines purred like hers or sewed as smooth, And she rarely used it.
#43
My most favorite and quietest (yes, that is a word) machine is my Elna, a 1986 50 year-special edition. But I do love the FWs, and a 201 (it really does go "tickety tickety toooooo" when I am sewing on it, no matter how fast or how long a seam), and an old Dressmaker that my son brought over for me to clean up a few days ago. I can't believe how quiet it is; but HEAVYYYYY. Old lady me, I cannot even pick it up. And the Rocketeer that a friend gave me not too long ago--I finally got it sewing, and it is very quiet.
#48
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Texas
Posts: 121
My two noisiest is my two commercial machines. The Mitsubishi needle feed is not as noisy as my Juki 127. It sounds like a jet engine when I turn it on. The motor is very loud. My old New home is guess is my next noisy one. It's be a while since I've gotten to use it, it has a broken spring in the top tension and I can't find one. My Janome HT2008 is the next quietest. But the quietest of all is my Singer 15-89 treadle. I had to use it while my Janome was in the shop. My Singer Quantam Lock 5 is pretty quit.
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