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Old 07-21-2019, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by pewa88 View Post
Machinelady "Why would the speed of the longarm affect the maxi lock. The serger has a much higher speed or at least mine does, There is no way I could quilt at the speed that the serger runs."

I agree that the speed of a serger is much faster than the longarm but you are combining three, four, and sometimes five threads for a seam with the serger and that makes a very strong seam as opposed to only two threads on the longarm. As with everything it boils down to personal choice and that is why a question like this will get as many different opinions as there are quilters. Personally I would not use serger thread for quilting.
I did a search for stitches per minute on sergers, and most that I found topped out at about 1300 spm. My longarm sews at more than twice that at 3000 spm.
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