liking quilting

Congratulations - great looking machine!

lindaschipper

Oh man....this will be the next machine that I want. Or the 306W....which ever I find first!!

miriam

306 is better made

Sewnoma

Huh... I mostly use cones, so my thread is sitting in a stand behind the machine rather than on the machine's spool pins so I rarely open it up. I think I usually only open the lid on mine to wind a bobbin, or if I need to look at the stitch pattern list or pop in a cam (which is almost never, I don't use a lot of stitches besides straight & zig-zag normally). Never really thought about that - it probably would bug me to have it open while sewing all the time too.

The lid being open certainly ruins the lines of the machine. Like driving around with your hood up!

quilt938

I don't think you can ever go wrong buying at a charity. the way I see it the charity makes money and that's a good thing. mine don't seem to have machines but others have lucked out and found some here and there. I'm still playing with the 401 my mom found for me...havent' made my way to the 500/503s she found yet...getting nervous hearing about the hinges breaking..and if they're complicated I'll be too impatient probably

Manalto

I've never had a problem with any of my 500s, but I was forewarned, so I tend to treat the lid gently.

Don't be impatient; remember what haste makes!

Sunflowerzz

Same here, and I prefer my rockateers over the others. Doesn't bug me at all that the lid is up as I have my head bent down concentrating on the sewing at hand, I'm not trying to sight see over the top of the machines and anyways I have already seen the entire view...LOL

Manalto

I don't think the objection is about while you're working on it, it's more about when you walk away. Rarely do we begin and end a project in one sitting, so we leave it threaded for the next step. It sits agape, its Jet Age sleekness torn asunder, a spool of yellow thread leering at us. Mind you, of the things in the world to be concerned about, this is lower on my list than the padlocks on the Pont des Arts - but, when I step back from my Rocketeer, I do like to admire it in its undisturbed, aerodynamic mid-century splendor.

Sunflowerzz

Kinda like buying a sleek sports car and then always having to view the inside and hood only when driving it, unless you are walking away or to it or just viewing it from a distance? Makes sense.

Manalto

Yeah, like leaving the doors open on your sports car!