Originally Posted by
sewbizgirl
By the way, it is not "an industrial machine". Commercial machines are mounted in special tables, have large oil reservoirs and a large, noisy, seperate motor mounted on the table. A lot of people selling machines like to make the claim that it is an industrial machine when it isn't. The Juki is a portable... not industrial... but yes, a very, very strong machine that will sew through anything without wavering.
Not all industrial or commercial machines are like this. Machines that were built to cater to tailors shops and small garment factories were sometimes considered commercial, but definitely weren't industrial. Think of Singers 201-2, or or a 31-15. Not all industrials are big hulks either. My Consew CP206R is an industrial machine, yet it's a portable machine in a case and weighs about the same as my vintage home sewing machines.
Cari