Originally Posted by
topstitch
I am looking on EBay for a heavy duty sewing machine and would like to know which will meet my needs. I sew through from 6 to 8 layers of med. Weight fabric. Looking at a Singer 237 and a Pfaff 130. Can any one give me some guidance? I am open to a new idea also.
My vote is with Quilted Sunshine for the Pfaff 130. I also use my 301 slant for just about everything. I have read many of Quilted Sunshine's posts and would trust her opinion on any sewing machine. I feel that a Singer 237 is a decent machine, but would not depend on it for heavy duty work over the long term. When I first began to ready my Pfaff 30 for sewing, I often did searches and ended up at a site that advertised they would take all the Pfaff 130 machines they could get their hands on, as they were always in demand.