Originally Posted by
toverly
The Juki TL2010q not only has the knee lift it has a thread cutter on the foot pedal. Sounds wierd but oh so worth it. Between the knee lift and the cutter, your hands are free to only handle fabric. The cutter almost eliminates the need for chain stitching since it cuts with less than a 1/4" tail.
My Janome has the thread-cutter and it cuts the thread very short, but not nearly 1/4"! - so short that if I am using the Superior thread Bottom Line/So Fine poly threads, it pops right out of the needle and I have to re-thread it...or it takes a bit to bring the bottom thread up to the top. How do you deal with that when there is such a sort tail?