"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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>> On 7/24/2015 10:56 AM, notbob wrote:
>>> On 2015-07-24, Xeno > wrote:
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>>>> 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
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>> Janome is one of the better pro quality machines. Singer was good when
>> your grandmother had one, but today they are cheaply made.
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>> There are many machines out there for the serious sewer that are $3000
>> and up. Way up.
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> 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 ...

My mom got a new machine years ago but never did figure out how to thread
it. She even attended a class to learn how to use it. She wound up getting
rid of it.

I had a used Kenmore. A simple model. IIRC, they put little numbers on the
machine so that you know which place to place the thread next.