Originally Posted by JCL in FL
I have a Viking machine and I paid a lot for it and I don't like it. What machine do you have and why do you like it? Would you buy it again?
I love my machine (Janome 4000. It's about 20 years old -- only estimating). I do wish it had the thread cutter, knee thingy to lift the pressure foot, etc; but I'm from the old school and what I have is plenty good enough for the kind of sewing I do. I still love my Singer 404, my White (very very heavy) from the eighties, and my New Home heavy duty school machine. I would love a new serger that "threads itself" but I don't use one enough to justify spending that kind of money. Would also like a "simple" embroidery machine, but I can't see that happening, so I'm grateful for what I do have.
Oh-- and I do have a turn of the century treadle Singer that needs restoration. That I WOULD like to have done. It doesn't seem to need too much attention as far as getting it running, but it does need a lot of cosmetic work.