Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
Someone told me once that nylon camstacks or gears won't break; it's plastic ones that do. I don't know whether it's true or not but I had an old Pfaff that the hook gear was supposedly nylon. That gear was worn down, not cracking or breaking just worn down from heavy use. The machine just kept on chugging away.
Cari
I had two Necchi Lydias, most wonderous and smooth machine, and both camstacks cracked; nylon. I get really attached to a machine and don't do change well; takes me forever to move on. Thus, I am shy about another crackup relationship.