"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 7/24/2015 10:56 AM, notbob wrote:
>> On 2015-07-24, Xeno > wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the offer but it's OK, the local sewing machine repairman had
>>> a spare one from a defunct trade-in. It is a 30 year old Janome....
>>> which, I might add, doesn't get a lot of use so it's like new.
>>
>> Yes, you are correct. I've never even heard of a "Janome", so
>> probably do not have one. Regardless, I'm glad you were able to obtain a
>> new controller.
>>
>> nb
>>
>
> Janome is one of the better pro quality machines. Singer was good when
> your grandmother had one, but today they are cheaply made.
>
> There are many machines out there for the serious sewer that are $3000 and
> up. Way up.

Back in the day I had a Singer treadle machine. Those things never went
wrong and were so easy to thread. For years, machines would be threaded in
the same way, but Not This One! Trouble is that I use it so rarely now I
have to look it up how to thread the blessed things. After so many years
it gets ingrained in your head how to thread ...



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