Originally Posted by SewExtreme
Anyone know about or have a Singer 306W? I am interested to know more about this machine. Thanks. :-D
I have one that I REALLY like, but don't get to use it often. (Too many machines. Actually, I have two or three 306 machines, but have only used one.) It's my favorite ZZ electric machine. I know folks who have treadled one, but I haven't made it that far yet.
They use the flat cams, so there's a variety of decorative and utility stitches that can be done with it. The drawbacks are you have to change stitch plates when you switch from straight to ZZ stitching and you have to tip the whole head back when changing bobbins. Neither are huge in my mind, but make sure you have the ZZ stitch plate, as they are hard to come by. Straight ones come up on Ebay frequently.