tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707374644461378032.post9161847079773595288..comments2024-03-15T10:54:07.446+00:00Comments on Couture et Tricot: Follow-up on my previous post: buying an industrial sewing machine (flat-bed single-needle lockstitch) - Seguimento do post anterior: comprar uma máquina de costura industrial plana de ponto corrido (1 agulha)Tanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01073735708031525696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707374644461378032.post-63260996910444158742018-03-27T13:41:25.919+01:002018-03-27T13:41:25.919+01:00Thank you so much for your input, Eszter! Juki are...Thank you so much for your input, <b>Eszter</b>! Juki are undoubtedly the best machines, but the price of a new machine is out of my current budget (even more if I add the automatic features to my list of requirements!). Here in Portugal I couldn't find any second-hand model with the automatic features so far; I guess those who own these models don't want to be apart from them,... There are a few older models, most with clutch motors and it was all I could find. I have been receiving very good feedback on some other brands though and I'm still ringing some suppliers in Portugal who don't run online shops but may have interesting machines to sell. I'll make my final decision just before my birthday on the 24th of April, so perhaps I get lucky and a good deal on a used Juki machine comes up! If not I will settle with the Sewmaq. It's not a big investment so I can always buy a better machine in a few years. Once again, thank you so much for coming forward, I deeply appreciate it!Tanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01073735708031525696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707374644461378032.post-28543925880771950922018-03-27T12:48:18.158+01:002018-03-27T12:48:18.158+01:00Hello!
I have a Juki DDL-9000B which I got maybe ...Hello! <br />I have a Juki DDL-9000B which I got maybe 2 years ago, upgrading from very basic domestic Janome. It was a big jump! <br />But it was the BEST decision I ever made. It is a very good machine and I love it. It comes with the auto thread cut and a bunch of other things. ..including a function to tell you when your bobbin is running low! But I haven't worked that out yet.<br /><br />My machine cost $2000 australian dollars, second hand. I bought it from a local buy & sell website and the seller was a lady who was making leather handbags and actually need a walking foot machine so she was selling her lock-stitch. I think I got a decent price on it since it was almost new. I dont know how much they are new, maybe $3-4000? <br /><br />I am not sure the models you have listed, if they have the oil feature like mine does. It does not have a big oil well at the bottom under the table. Instead it is all enclosed in plastic so it is much neater. It also uses very little oil since only the bobbin case and underneath parts of the machine need it, and the needle up/down mechanism does not. <br /><br />Also, one of the machines you mentioned has a special button to let you do one stitch at a time. You do not need this. My Juki is so accurate compared to my domestic machine, and the foot control is so fine, you are able to control the stitch of the machine very well with just the foot pedal. I can comfortably press the foot gently and know that the needle will only go one stitch. I have it set to the medium speed setting. <br />In fact, I think this is the best thing about it - you have so much greater control even at higher speed. My Janome DC2101 in comparison takes a couple of stitches just to get to speed - and you have to put your foot completely down on the pedal for it to wind itself into gear...and then it takes a couple of stitches for it to stop too. Its terrible! The Juki is like a racing car compared to an old Volvo - the racing car goes from 0-100km in seconds!<br /><br />The things that made me decide on the Juki : - I knew you could buy other brands and they are supposedly the same, but I never intend to replace this machine - it is the best and it will last me forever, so I didn't want to go half-way and get something that will 'just do'. It is a lifetime investment so I wanted the most trusted and reliable brand. <br />Buying second hand made the price much more affordable! It did mean I had to wait for the right one to come up. I was very lucky to find this one as a lot of what else was on the second hand market was a fair bit older. <br />I wasn't willing to negotiate on the features I wanted. Again, this is because I knew that this would be THE machine - It needed to meet all the right points because otherwise I would be forever regretting not having those features. The most important things were: auto thread cut, needle up/down position, auto backtack and the quality of the stitches/ability to sew well through lots of fabrics. <br /><br />With the servicing - since you are only sewing at a domestic level, they dont need to be serviced as frequently as if they were in a factory. These machines are designed to be run 12 hours a day and in factories they would get monthly services I think. If you are sewing maybe 1 hour a day, it is not even comparable. I rang the supplier of my Juki and they said that I should only call them if I have a problem, since I am not using it so much as to require frequent regular service. <br /><br /><br />Anyway - I hope this was helpful! I hope you get one of the Jukis! And see if there is anything you can find secondhand. :)Eszter Molnarhttp://em-originals.comnoreply@blogger.com