Originally Posted by Rodney

I know you don't like them Miriam and I did briefly consider borrowing your hammer but so far they've been nothing but fun for me, even with my problems last night. That wasn't the machine's fault but lies squarely in the "operator error" section of trouble-shooting. In the process of figuring it out I did learn quite a bit about how the bobbin area works on those machines so it wasn't a complete waste of time for me.
I'm actually impressed with what the designers were able to accomplish through purely mechanical means on those machines. The 620 actually is capable of more stitches than my newer 648 due to the built in camstack and the ability to combine stitches from either just the camstack or the camstack and additional fashion disk. How much the decorative stitches get used remains to be seen but it's nice to have them.
My opinion so far is they dummied down the later models (or at least my 648). My 648 doesn't have the built in camstack and also has far fewer presser foot pressure settings than the 620. I don't have enough experience to know but maybe these are some of the differences between Golden Touch & Sews and regular ones too. The 620 is a Golden and my 648 isn't.
Rodney