do you have a sewing machine repair person?
03-06-2011, 01:04 PM
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I have my mom's 1932 industrial Singer machine. There is a man in our area that makes house calls. I called him to come and put a new belt on my old 'Mary'. I will call him in the future if needed for that machine.
03-06-2011, 01:31 PM
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Yes, I have an older gentleman 10 miles from my home. He sells Janome but will work on any. I bought my Janome from him. Back home we have 2 in the same town. About 30 miles from me I have 2 more. I'm not sure about the abilities of one of them though. I was told at a LQS that he just started working on machines. So that makes me nervous. I'm really picky about what they use to clean my older machines. I normally just clean mine myself. If I'm having tension or timing issues or need an internal part replaced I take it in.
03-06-2011, 03:15 PM
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those of you that have the repairmen close, find out if they are doing apprenticeships...I am serious...I want to become a sewing machine repair person!
They are a dieing breed...very few are apprenticing outside of their family.
BUT if they have NO family and no apprentice, what happens when they suddenly decide to retire to Reno or worse?
They are a dieing breed...very few are apprenticing outside of their family.
BUT if they have NO family and no apprentice, what happens when they suddenly decide to retire to Reno or worse?
03-06-2011, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by SuziC
I have a very handy repairman......my DH! He can fix anything :!:
03-06-2011, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Lacelady
I am willing to bet that not many here on the board actually get their machines serviced in another country! There is one Bernina dealer in Ireland (on the other side of the country) and he let me down so badly and actually lied to me to try and cover up things, that I now drive into Northern Ireland to get my machine serviced.
It's about a 300 mile round trip! (but then to Dublin from where I am isn't much different).
And before you wonder why I didn't get another make instead, there is one dealer about an hour and a half from me, but she doesn't have a repairman either, so I would still have to take any machine bought from her to Dublin.
It's about a 300 mile round trip! (but then to Dublin from where I am isn't much different).
And before you wonder why I didn't get another make instead, there is one dealer about an hour and a half from me, but she doesn't have a repairman either, so I would still have to take any machine bought from her to Dublin.
03-06-2011, 05:53 PM
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Boy, I am really LUCKY! My sisters brother-in-law used to repair machines at Jo-Ann's years ago. All I have to do is call him up and when I go to his house, he will actually repair it while I wait, and visit with his wife. He will never take anything for doing it, because we are family. I always make sure I take something that my husband made. My dh is Mexican, and can this man cook. All I have to do is take some tamales, enchiladas, whatever, and he is thrilled to death. And I leave with a working machine.
03-06-2011, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by lovestosew
Boy, I am really LUCKY! My sisters brother-in-law used to repair machines at Jo-Ann's years ago. All I have to do is call him up and when I go to his house, he will actually repair it while I wait, and visit with his wife. He will never take anything for doing it, because we are family. I always make sure I take something that my husband made. My dh is Mexican, and can this man cook. All I have to do is take some tamales, enchiladas, whatever, and he is thrilled to death. And I leave with a working machine.
03-07-2011, 02:12 AM
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I live in Charlotte NC, and I have a great sewing machine repair man. He works only on Bernina and Babylock (authorized Bernina repair man) He is great. If you lived closer I would give you his name. Anyone else out there near Charlotte, he is from Indian Trails, but will pick up your machine. His name is Pete Wade
phone 704-361-0861.
phone 704-361-0861.
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