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advice on these sew machines ? robb 11-07-2006
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Posted by weareallrelated on November 12, 2006, 12:46 pm
On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:28:36 +0000, Kate Dicey

>will sew through tin cans if you let it!
Most any machine will do this. They even have classes in it for the
embroidery machines.
There is still nothing as good for adjusting foot pressure like the
old vintage machines. It is a direct adjustment, and will not release
itself if the going gets tough.

Posted by robb on November 12, 2006, 9:41 am

<weareallrelated> wrote in message
>
> >thanks for help/advice alot of these low end machines do not have
adjustable
> >foot pressure, as you no doubt already know, only the higher cost have
this
> >feature. Do you know of any lower cost machines / Brands with adjustable
> >foot pressure ?
> >
> >thanks again for help
> >rob (lurker)
> >
> The high end ones do not have it either. They have something called
> 'automatic' pressure, definately not the same. However if you check
> some of the older Japanese machines you will find that they all have
> them. Does not matter what make if it has the knob on top of the
> presser foot you can probably adjust it easily. Check out the older
> machines in your sewing machine shop, you will also get more bang for
> your buck too.
>

the Brother NX400 was *my* high ender option and it has a foot pressure
adjustment which amounts to a little wheel at top of machine with numbers
1-4 for (weak...strong) this does not sound like much of an adjustment range
though and i am now pretty much resolved to do as you and many suggest in
this group and that is find an older used machine from a service/dealer
center. there are several within a couple of miles

thanks to all for the help and advice, once i get something i will
probably graduate from lurker to sewing pest :)

thanks again
robb (lurker )



Posted by BEI Design on November 12, 2006, 5:03 pm
robb wrote:
>
> the Brother NX400 was *my* high ender option and it has a
> foot pressure adjustment which amounts to a little wheel
> at top of machine with numbers 1-4 for (weak...strong)
> this does not sound like much of an adjustment range
> though and i am now pretty much resolved to do as you and
> many suggest in this group and that is find an older
> used machine from a service/dealer center. there are
> several within a couple of miles

Be sure you take a loooong look at the Singer 401a models, made
in the early '60s. I am still using mine after 45+ years of
thousands of hours of sewing.

> thanks to all for the help and advice, once i get
> something i will probably graduate from lurker to sewing
> pest :)

Welcome to the wonderful world of sewing!

Beverly



Posted by Joey on November 13, 2006, 6:32 pm
Another vote for the Singer 40x and 50x series. Strong as an ox,
sturdy as cast iron, will last approximately forever, parts readily
available. The 404 is straight stitch only, but the 403, 401, and 500
(don't know about the 503) will do other stitches as well.


Posted by IMS on November 13, 2006, 8:51 pm

>Another vote for the Singer 40x and 50x series. Strong as an ox,
>sturdy as cast iron, will last approximately forever, parts readily
>available. The 404 is straight stitch only, but the 403, 401, and 500
>(don't know about the 503) will do other stitches as well.

Just a side note to stay away from models like the 417 or 512 -- they're
often called "Fashion Mate" or Style-o-Matic"- these are low shank, low
end vintage Singer models that are not in the same league as the slant
shank 400 & 500 series machines even though the numbers start with the
same digit as the 'better' ones!


-Irene


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