Don't You Wish Machine Manufacturers Would ...
#12
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Don't you wish they would design machines with bobbin housing and side housing covers that would just click off so you could clean out all the linty stuff and wayward strings without trying to get to a zillion hard to reach screws? Especially those that require the use of that little stubby screw driver? I've been quilting with a Sulky thread that is soooo linty it looks like the foot and shaft on my machine grew a beard!
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this is called a serger...lol.... i know they aren't interchangeable but it is one of the things i love about sergers...no bobbins...
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I tried this...when my mom took me shopping for my grad gift, her fancy, 'do everything, lots of cams, lots of built ins' Necchi was only 3 years old and i had sewn on it a lot. i knew i didn't want any of those things...i wanted a really good quality machine with overcast, a zig zag, a hemmer, and not much else. the salesman told me he understood, but that the quality of the machine was what we were paying for and the design cams and their mechanics cost about 10 dollars...but they had to put them in to justify the price of the better quality machine. I'm sure it's different now with the computer machines, but there are good quality machines out there that don't have quite so much 'stuff' on them...look for good quality used machines from the 60s and 70s...anything heavy that has metal inside... you'll get a great deal more for your money than a new inexpensive machine that is all plastic inside...
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They don't even have to develop a huge bobbin...just make it so you could thread the bottom area of the machine just like you can the top...so you'd just have two spools of thread and not have to even fool with the bobbin!
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i purchased the little vacuum attachment kit that is for electronics---works wonderfully to suck out all the stuff in the hard to reach places-
i think Clotilde's offers it- it's about $14 and well worth the money! you just attach the tool to your vacuum hose and clean that machine right up!
i think Clotilde's offers it- it's about $14 and well worth the money! you just attach the tool to your vacuum hose and clean that machine right up!
#19
I cast my vote on the bobbin. I hate how fast they run out on my quilting machine. Mine is not fancy, but I know I'm lucky to have it and really like it. Main complaint quilting along and figure out, I ran out of bobbin thread at the beginning of the row. Urrrh!
#20
Ah, yes. My wish list. The easy access for cleaning, yes, the never ending bobbin, yes.
A manual that actually tells you the truth about oiling your machine and where to do it. = No, not all "no maintenance" machines live forever without oil.
And, make the outer shells easier to open like the "old days", instead of impossible to open except for highly paid repair people.
A manual that actually tells you the truth about oiling your machine and where to do it. = No, not all "no maintenance" machines live forever without oil.
And, make the outer shells easier to open like the "old days", instead of impossible to open except for highly paid repair people.
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