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Bernette 410 -- stitch length problems
In article vTXJg.18$I71.6@trnddc01, Taria
wrote: You are right. Mine doesn't either (reverse that is) I haven't sewn on it in too long I guess. I don't guess that has ever bothered me if I didn't even notice though. I even pulled out my manual thinking maybe I had missed something all these years! LOL It sews in reverse.... just not continuous reverse without holding the lever.... though I imagine something could be propped under it for that purpose. Interesting that my 930 cost about $1400 in 1985. It is still worth more than half that amount and sews like a dream. She has sewn a zillion miles I bet. Everytime I have the gals over to sew someone comments about how smooth it is. They all expect it to sew like an old clunker I guess. A friend has an 830 and she says everytime she goes sewing machine shopping she can't find a reason to get a new one. The power board on my 931 blew recently--- the first thing to ever go wrong with the machine--- and had to be replaced. I've used the machine practically every day since I bought it and have sewed just about anything you can think of on it. I felt like my firstborn had gone off to college while it was out for repair. I recently purchased a 200e but I still consider the 931 my workhorse. Phae -- I fear me you but warm the starved snake Who, cherished in your breasts, will sting your hearts. (Henry VI,Shakespeare) |
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Bernette 410 -- stitch length problems
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FragileWarrior wrote: Phaedrine wrote in news:Phaedrine.Stonebridge-810B63.00301331082006@news- 50.dca.giganews.com: In article , FragileWarrior wrote: Phaedrine wrote in . com: In article .com, "AMM" wrote: I have a Bernette (sp?) 410 sewing machine that we bought about 20 years ago reconditioned. I'm fairly happy with it (especially when I look at what new machines cost), except for one problem: it's not very good at pulling the cloth through at a consistent rate. This is a bottom of the line machine to start with. If it was reconditioned 20 years ago (!), I can't imagine it has much life left in it. Tell that to my Featherweight workhorse. Perhaps I missed something. Your remark has what to do with the OP's Bernette? My point was that age or previous ownership isn't necessarily a sign of a machine that's outlived it's usefulness. I see. And here I thought you were addressing something I said since you posted it to me. I said it was a poor quality machine that had already been *reconditioned* 20 years ago. -- I fear me you but warm the starved snake Who, cherished in your breasts, will sting your hearts. (Henry VI,Shakespeare) |
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Bernette 410 -- stitch length problems
Phaedrine wrote in
: In article , FragileWarrior wrote: Phaedrine wrote in news:Phaedrine.Stonebridge-810B63.00301331082006@news- 50.dca.giganews.com: In article , FragileWarrior wrote: Phaedrine wrote in ws. com: In article .com, "AMM" wrote: I have a Bernette (sp?) 410 sewing machine that we bought about 20 years ago reconditioned. I'm fairly happy with it (especially when I look at what new machines cost), except for one problem: it's not very good at pulling the cloth through at a consistent rate. This is a bottom of the line machine to start with. If it was reconditioned 20 years ago (!), I can't imagine it has much life left in it. Tell that to my Featherweight workhorse. Perhaps I missed something. Your remark has what to do with the OP's Bernette? My point was that age or previous ownership isn't necessarily a sign of a machine that's outlived it's usefulness. I see. And here I thought you were addressing something I said since you posted it to me. I said it was a poor quality machine that had already been *reconditioned* 20 years ago. Geez, relax, it was an innocent remark not a personal attack. |
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Bernette 410 -- stitch length problems
Betty Vereen Hill wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Betty Vereen Hill wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Thanks for your tips, Cea. The ingenuity of people in solving problems with what they have at hand is always a source of amazement for me. Betty in Georgia You're welcome Now, I just wish I could remember what I opened a _big _paper clip up for...I remember it as a quite clever solution for something, so I've kept it in my machine parts box, hoping the moment would re-occur. It's going on about 6 or 7 years, so I guess that particular brain fart is gone forever. Cea |
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Bernette 410 -- stitch length problems
"Liz MacDonald" wrote in message news:kEcLg.3670$hV2.2543@trndny05... wrote: Now, I just wish I could remember what I opened a _big _paper clip up for...I remember it as a quite clever solution for something, so I've kept it in my machine parts box, hoping the moment would re-occur. It's going on about 6 or 7 years, so I guess that particular brain fart is gone forever. Cea Spacer to make button thread shank come out longer? Liz I keep one pin cushion specifically for "used-no-longer-useful" sewing machine needles for that purpose. ;-) Isn't it funny how we come up with these little work-arounds? Beverly |
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