Straight stitch machines with auto thread cutters.
I went to a great straight stitch machine demo class today. Brother and Juki were the two top brands. When the rep was explaining about bobbins, he mentioned never use a bobbin with holes in it on the machine. The thread cutter will go into the hole and he said you would not like him at all after that. have a Brother 1500 and it froze up when I used the thread cutter. I had to take it in to be repaired. I was never told about the bobbin could be the cause and I did have a bobbin in it with the holes. Still used the bobbins. It happened again. I had always used the bobbins that came with the machine but for some reason I started using some with the holes. I gave up on the Brother and got a Juki and thank goodness I haven't changed the bobbins. I know many here have the Brother 1500 so please use the solid bobbins. I loved my Brother. I may get it repaired once again now I know the probable cause of the freeze up. Oh I love the Juki too.