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Posted by Kathleen on April 8, 2008, 10:15 am
Ursula Schrader wrote:
> "FarmI" wrote...
>
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>>>Oh, that's too bad! I found that the knee control lever gives you more
>>>control over the speed since the 'way down' is much longer, if you get my
>>>meaning. Good thing, though, that you can still use the foot lever.
>>
>>I used to have an old Singer wiht a knee lever and loved it. when I
>>bought my Bernina, I found out that I could get a knee lever to lift the
>>foot. I love that too.
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>>When I had lessons in the shop where I bought the Bernina, the lady who
>>taught me said that I was the only person she'd ever taught who used the
>>lever. That really surprised me givent hat it allows both hands to stay
>>free.
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> When I was in that clothes factory, I constantly got confused since they had
> those knee levers for lifting the foot. OK, I got used to it soon enough,
> but still, I used to wonder why one would do that. Meanwhile, I found the
> answer myself: You're a lot faster if your hands don't have to move to the
> back of the machine every time you've got to lift the foot (I just say
> piecework). OK, I am a bit slow on the intake sometimes. ;-)
My Consew came with a knee lever and a hand lever. I tried using the
knee lever since that's what I learned on as a kid, and found that it
aggravated the sciatica that's been an on-again, off-again nuisance for
18 years now.
Then again, sometimes my hand gets sore, especially if it's been a few
days since I've used the thing. I make skid boots for dogs and there
are a lot of little rectangles, lots of corners to turn.
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