stop start button or foot pedal?
04-17-2014, 11:33 AM
#53
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: East Arkansas
Posts: 2,534
Haven't read all the posts but when I discovered my start/stop button I use it all the time unless I'm using my Feather Weight. I hate fumbling around to find the foot pedal. So far I've never found a way to stop the foot pedal from sliding away from me. I especially like that I can set the speed and once you really get used to using the button you don't even think about it. And yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks. I've been sewing for over 50 years.
Last edited by misseva; 04-17-2014 at 11:34 AM. Reason: additional comment
04-17-2014, 11:56 AM
#54
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 2,667
I tried using the button but didn't like the loss of control. It would go too fast (although I slowed it down in the control panel) or I would mess up stitches while reaching for the button. Sometimes it would go past where I wanted it to by the time I hit it.
Basically, I now just use it if I am doing long, repetitious, straight seams.
Basically, I now just use it if I am doing long, repetitious, straight seams.
04-17-2014, 12:10 PM
#55
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Bay Area, Ca
Posts: 1,591
I did the "foot pedal dance" for too many years. When I discovered that start/stop buttons were available, I was first in line to get a machine. I don't even know where my foot pedal is anymore. I love being able to "set" the machine speed. Love, love, love start/stop button.
04-17-2014, 12:37 PM
#56
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Jozefow, Poland
Posts: 4,474
I think I am missing something. If you use the start/stop button, don't your hands (or a finger) need to leave your work while you reach for it? Especially when I am FMQ, I like both hands on my work when the machine starts, so I use the pedal. When I applique I need both hands on my work and sometimes go one stitch at a time, so I use the pedal. I am very interested in the advantages of the start/stop button because lots of you use it, and I don't want to miss out.
I hate lifting my one hand from my project in order to push the stop button. For me, it doesn't work.
04-17-2014, 01:29 PM
#58
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Outside St. Louis
Posts: 38,213
YEARS ago I had (and still do) a Quilters Star by White machine and never used the start/stop button.
The two machines I use all the time don't have that button.
I use the cruise control on my truck all the time, it saves gas.
The two machines I use all the time don't have that button.
I use the cruise control on my truck all the time, it saves gas.
04-17-2014, 04:27 PM
#60
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Happily @ Southwest Florida
Posts: 999
I use the start/stop on my Janome, which was one of the features that I wanted when I bought it. Have used it doing FMQing and also just piecing. I DID have to retrain myself to use it but I put in the time to learn and now I love it. Takes practice to learn all new things. It comes down to what you really want to do.
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