Originally Posted by
tuesy
For anyone who just bought the HQ16, is yours stitch regulated?
I too don't have the room for a huge table unless I add on (yeah right), so am looking at this model.
Reason I ask is that I saw this
http://www.sewingmachinesplus.com/Ha...xteen.php#5104
it says under the bullets that it's stitch regulated..
No, I think they just mean that you can change the speeds. You can set 3 of your favorites, or change it to whatever makes you comfortable. I don't find a stitch regulator necessary though, the stitches stay pretty uniform as long as your motion is fairly consistent. I find it much easier than on the Janome, just because of the extra room I think. I'm not sure, but I think if you put it on a frame, you can purchase the stitch regulator.
I took a longarm class and thought I needed the stitch regulator. Did most of the class with it, then she talked us into trying it without and quickly found out it stitched much more smoothly without it, and the stitches still looked perfect. I was amazed!