I have the Brother ps1500 and it is heavy duty, straight stitch and reverse, high feed dog lift for thick layers. It's easy to clean inside and very low maintenance. The manual is lousy but there is a great yahoo group just for the 1500 to answer any questions you have. Juki makes a straight stitch heavy duty machine too.
I hope this helps you. There are great posters here and between all of them every machine known to man is somewhere sewing up a storm! You come to the right place. Welcome!
Last edited by BellaBoo; 12-17-2012 at 11:47 AM.