Most machines that I have had do have a pressure foot control (from darning
to heavy pressure). I'm not sure that I understood the question fully
though since most machines disengage the tension while the pressure foot is
lifted, so sewing with the foot manually raised could cause serious
problems.
Cynthia

"Welmoed Sisson" wrote in message
...
The Designer 1 by Viking has a two-height presser foot control,
controled by a button on the front panel. Push it once, the presser
foot goes up halfway. Push it again, the presser foot goes up a little
more. Very nice feature. The D1 doesn't have a "traditional" presser
foot lever; you press on the foot control to start sewing and the
presser foot drops down automatically.

I'm not sure which other Viking machines have this feature.

--Welmoed


On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:18:33 -0600, "Jack Schmidling"
wrote:

I have only seen a few machines but all were plagued with the same quirk,
viz., the presser foot has to be held up with one hand to keep it in the
highest position. This is most inconvenient when working with heavy
fabric
and particularly so for a right handed person.

Are all machines like this and if so, why?

js