Sewing Machine Questions
11-09-2010, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by IrishNY
I've never heard of a time limit a machine is supposed to be used per week. It would be like telling your car can only drive 100 miles a week. That makes no sense. Am I the only one who thinks the dealer is giving you a line?
11-10-2010, 08:53 AM
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check your local good will . uaually they are older machines but if they work . infact my fw was born 1946 i love it. Good will will let you try the machine before you buy it and they do have a return policy. I just bought a singer 301 for $8.39 not what your looking for but I wanted it. good luck. also post a not at grocery store most all of them have a some kinda of wanted or for sale board .
11-10-2010, 08:54 AM
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check your local good will . uaually they are older machines but if they work . infact my fw was born 1946 i love it. Good will will let you try the machine before you buy it and they do have a return policy. I just bought a singer 301 for $8.39 not what your looking for but I wanted it. good luck. also post a note at grocery store most all of them have a some kinda of wanted or for sale board .
11-10-2010, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by IrishNY
I've never heard of a time limit a machine is supposed to be used per week. It would be like telling your car can only drive 100 miles a week. That makes no sense. Am I the only one who thinks the dealer is giving you a line?
11-10-2010, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Quilt Mom
Originally Posted by IrishNY
I've never heard of a time limit a machine is supposed to be used per week. It would be like telling your car can only drive 100 miles a week. That makes no sense. Am I the only one who thinks the dealer is giving you a line?
11-10-2010, 03:36 PM
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I agree that many of the old machines were better quality but that means the newer ones won't last as long, not that they can only sew a certain hours per week.
Another way to say it - you will probably get fewer hours total on some of the newer machines, but it shouldn't matter whether those hours were a lot in a short period of time or fewer over a longer time period. :shock: :?:
Another way to say it - you will probably get fewer hours total on some of the newer machines, but it shouldn't matter whether those hours were a lot in a short period of time or fewer over a longer time period. :shock: :?:
11-10-2010, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Aunt Retta
I got a new sewing machine last year. It is a Bernette 65. Twice now the timing has gone out. I took the machine to get it fixed, and the repairman tells me it keeps having problems because it was meant to be used 5 to 10 hours a week. I sew more like 30 hours a week.
I really don't have much money. I am disabled with Kidney disease, which is very expensive. Any way what I would like for a machine is a long arm, with lots of different stitches, with embroidery etc. But finances as they are I am very limited. I have been saving for a small laptop computer, and an I-pod. But could use that on a machine if I need to in order to be able to continue my sewing without so many repairs or time with my machine in the shop. I found at JoAnns a Singer machine that looked small and strurdy. It says Heavy Duty right on the machine, and it was only $199. Does any one have any feelings about would this machine hold up to 30+hours of sewing a week?
I really don't have much money. I am disabled with Kidney disease, which is very expensive. Any way what I would like for a machine is a long arm, with lots of different stitches, with embroidery etc. But finances as they are I am very limited. I have been saving for a small laptop computer, and an I-pod. But could use that on a machine if I need to in order to be able to continue my sewing without so many repairs or time with my machine in the shop. I found at JoAnns a Singer machine that looked small and strurdy. It says Heavy Duty right on the machine, and it was only $199. Does any one have any feelings about would this machine hold up to 30+hours of sewing a week?
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