Looking for advice

Posted by fed-up on August 21, 2009, 9:55 am

I learned years ago to go with a gear driven machine, not a belt
driven. The belt will slip on heavy fabric and the needle will jam.
Now, I don't know if they still have belt driven these days. I bought
a Singer Creative Touch about 25 years ago and its still running
beautifully and I use it on a regular basis.

I was watchng HSN last week and they were extolling the wonders of a
Singer Top-of-the-Line computerized and it interested me so I looked
it up. Apparently, it's a machine made by Singer for HSN, I could be
wrong, but that's the only site I can find it on. Sooo, with my
experience with HSN products, I passed on it. I would LOVE to have a
computerized machine but I can't afford one more than what the HSN one
was going for. . .in the ballpark of $300.00 so I guess I'll have to
wait on that.

Also Singer puts out what they call a "commercial" machine thats
supposed to be good on heavy fabrics and those run $300 to $500 with
the more expensive ones doing embroidery.

Hope this helps some.

ctlady (Ceil)

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Posted by Rgypsyrose on August 21, 2009, 7:55 pm

Rgypsyrose had written this in response to
http://www.sewgirls.com/sewing/Re-Looking-for-advice-42509-.htm :

Thank you for the advice and leads on a few other machines, neither of
these machines are on ebay. Both are listed locally by private parties so
I can go and try them and see what I think. I have looked at the local
sewing shop and their used machines are very high priced, like reduced to
$999 last time I was there so they haven't in the last year had the kind
of inventory that I am looking for. I do keep checking on them though.

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Posted by Samatha Hill -- take out TRASH on August 21, 2009, 11:39 pm

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Go talk to them, give them your phone number, and ask them to call you
when an older used cream puff comes through. That worked for me.

Posted by Samatha Hill -- take out TRASH on August 21, 2009, 11:38 pm

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Hint: Singer has not made their own machines in a few decades. They
outsource to factories and put their name on them.

Posted by Wayne Hines on August 22, 2009, 5:24 am

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:38:24 -0700, Samatha Hill -- take out TRASH to
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Actually, I believe SVP Worldwide does own factories in Brazil and China.

gwh

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