Originally Posted by
Mizkaki
MistyK,
The A designation on both the 301 and 401 is to indicate the they were made in the Anderson, SC plant.
On the 301 there is no difference between the ones with the A and those without as all 301s were made at the Anderson plant. This may also apply to the 401s.
Both take the slant shank attachments and will work with most of the attachments. The exception is the slant shank walking foot. It works well on the 401, but doesn't work well on the narrow feeddogs of the 301.
Cathy
Thank you for the info on the difference between the machines. What is a slant shank? I know next to nothing about machines. The shank sounds like the thing that holds the needle tho. Is that correct? What kind of walking foot would be used with that. After reading around some on the board it sounds like a walking foot is something that you need to actually quilt with. Do you know why the feed dogs on the 301 are narrow. Is that supposed to help the material move better somehow.