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typed too fast.

anyway I hope to get a new sewing machine/serger. going for top of the line; viking, juki, bernina. electric not computerized.

I actually have 2 of the "Brother 1040D" el cheap model, and oddly enough they have served me rather well. But then I'm constantly throwing all sorts of wacky stuff at it (like making yarn with bicycle innertubes and stuff) and I needed two machines as one is always in the shop. (at 85 bucks a pop!) But I may go out and get a pricer one, but the chances of me breaking the other more expensive serger is just as high.

I got two of the Brother 1040D machines, and they have held up and are easy to thread, and admittedly I did choose them because the cost of two was the cost of one regular serger, and i only needed the most basic of operations, and if one was broken, the other would be available to me (since it seems to take over a month to get it back from the shop)

Though, someday, I'd love to have a "nice machine" but if I wasn't working under deadlines, I'd be able to use only one "better" machine. than my two cheapie machines.

Its actually easy to thread once you pass the learning threshold, tho watch the very specific needles (not serger needles) and the tension is a bit loosey goosey. But these two machines (while they go into the shop once a year, each of them) have served me well for three years, and I sew all sorts of wack stuff... like bike innertubes, and crap. (they CANNOT handle two layers of funfur -- but easily handle one... so you can edge all the pattern pieces, so they aren't moopy or fray-tstic then sew together on a regular machine)

Grats on your new machine! I forgot to say in my earlier post.. I got both my sewing machine & serger for much less than regular price.. one was a classroom model and the other a trade in that had been owned less than 2 month.. both together cost me what just one brand new would have.. & they still both had the full warranty as if they were new.. they've been great!! Now to figure out how to make room for industrials for the heavier fabrics & leather! :)

I wish i'd seen this sooner so i could recommend the most excellent machine that i just got, but you seem happy with your Husky.
I got the Baby Lock Imagine. The thing THREADS ITSELF. No knob-twiddling, no special order of threading, you put the thread in the hole, press the lever, and it air-jets the thread to the right place. Switch from rolled hem to 3-thread overcast without popping out the stitch finger. Sew with YARN for Chrissakes. And it came with a set of feet so i can do ruffles, elastic, piping, god i don't even know what else, i've just been making miles of ruffles.

I got a great deal on it at my local sewing shop, and they asked me to tell my friends so i'm guessing that they would give others a good deal too. I'll bet they'd be willing to ship if you're not in Seattle, so send me a message if you are interested. I'm not a dealer or anything, i'm just really happy with this machine and the people who hooked me up.

I was struggling with an older base model Baby Lock that i bought used for $400 several years ago. I hated having to carefully thread it in the right order, and then half the time the threads would break anyway for some unknown reason. I avoided changing my stitches because it was such a bitch to rethread if any of the threads broke. I didn't even realize how annoying this machine was until i got this Mercedes Benz of a serger, just in time for my fashion show.