Bicycle Hobo

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Originally Posted by Buckeye Rose

I had one ....lasted for about 2 years, then died a very painful death ....in the middle of fmq a king sized quilt!....cost too much to repair the PLASTIC PARTS, so I bought a used Janome....wish I had never seen the brother, such a waste of money.

“Plastic” parts are needed on those new computerized or electronic type of sewing machines, no matter the make or brand. The selfsame computer “brain” & chips are very very sensitive to dust and/or magnets. The older mechanical sewing machines can use metal unless it has one of those chips inside it. My computer I am using right now is made with solid state electronic parts. My sewing machine is what it is......a machine that sews 1 or more layers of fabric together. And repairs on those fancy computers of any type is a real nightmare.

mrsponcho1

I have this machine. I have been using for about 5 years, but do not sew daily. I really like that it is so easy to use and very light weight. Enjoy your new toy!!!!

misskira

Yay! I bought a new brother a couple months ago and loveit. The default needle position on my pc420 is the far left, which is a little odd to get used to. Ive forgotten to move it to center position a couple times and had it hit my quilting foot. I think the cs6000i might be similar. A couple of friends have that machine and really like it. It's a great value for the price.

QuiltingCrazie

I just got this machine is January! I love it. I replaced my other brother that i had for 10 years, still works great but I wanted more stitches. I have FMQ on it. I have found that it is very picky about thread, the thread has to match the fabrics or tension problems with FMQ. Piecing doesn't seem to be a big deal with thread. I had to set the tension on 8 with FMQ to avoid eyelashes. Mine came with all the extra quilting feet which was fabulous!! I tried to put my walking foot from my other brother on this one and they are not the same broke the needle.....the opening for this one is bigger on the walking foot. Just thought I'd share. I love it but the throat is very small still I don't know that you could do a king without a fight but I would love to see it if you do!!! I found that it uses a 75 needle vs the 90 I usually use. Hope this all helps if it doesn't please note mine is hooked into a transformer because i live in German housing so it may just be my machine performance. Happy Quilting!!!

Stitchnripper

I love your thoughts, BellaBoo. Isn't that the truth. My dinky Brother thanks you!!

Blackberry

I have this machine and I do like it for the varible speeds, the up/down needle position but I had a problem with putting on binding because of the many layers that the needle had to pass thru. I didn't have the "chunking" problem until I changed the needle. I couldn't find much help with the "chunking noise" problem so I decided to go back to the manual and put in the type of needle that came with the machine. My machine came with a size 11 needle and that is what I put back in and now it seems to be working much better and the "chunking" sound is much quieter. Before it just seemed like the machine was laboring very hard to get thru that many layers of fabric and now with the size 11 needle it seems to go much smoother. However, I have several of the old Singers and I will take them any time over the newer machines. I even have the new Singer 160 and it is better than my brother CS6000i but I am still partial to the old vintage Singers.