Originally Posted by
Zyngawf
Well what I finally did was plug in my old, but new to me classic bernina that was my grandmothers. First of all even though its a dinosaur from the 80's this machine is far superior and you can tell right away. I'm all excited about the whole thing. The sad thing is the needle on it was broken and was never replaced. At some point it broke for her and she was done and never said anything to anyone. I had to go get a new walking foot for it because my grandmother sewed, but only did hand quilting. At the store they had to go in back and dig for the part and if I want a FMQ foot they have to special order it. My next question is this. Do sewing machines get so old that you finally can't find parts for them?
Also this walking foot did cost as much as my cheap brother machine, so it better last or I will be upset.
Thank you so much for all your replies.
Yes, machines do get so old it is hard to find parts. I have a Viking 6460 from 1976 that I can no longer get parts for. It is a wonderful machine and I have sewn miles and miles with it. The only parts that I can find are from other machines that have something else broken on them. Fortunately, I have had it serviced and taken good care of it over the years so it's still going but I know the handwriting is on the wall that if something goes wrong chances are good it can't be fixed.