It was about 13-14 years old I think. I actually had a couple people offer to loan me a machine. I went to the place where I bought the machine originally for the repair, and kind of figured it was dead, so I brought my secret cash stash with me in case I needed a new one (I did).
Sudden sewing machine death sucks. I've been there. I've taken apart "beyond hope" sewing machines and fixed them before, sometimes it's something dumb, sometimes it's some special gear that just exploded into shreds. And unless I know people with older sewing machines, those days are over anyway...I don't dare take apart anything with an LCD on it...too intimidating. Well, maybe if they were like "no it's totally dead I don't care if you break it worse"...but that hasn't happened yet, lol.
Well, there had been slipping on the stitch selector, and one of my friends suggested that meant wear on the cams which meant...new control mechanism. At this point it was only worth $200, so it seemed smarter to put the repair cost towards something new.
Oh yeah, it sounded like cam stuff and a lot of that usually involves disassembling this entire witches brew of interworking crap on top of replacing the parts affected, kind of like a lesser version of why it's Big Deal when your car's transmission has something go out...not the best comparison, but as far as dealing with the nest of snakes and nightmares I think it works. I had a machine fail similarly (although an old-ass second hand one I got at a thrift store when I first started making costumes), partly my fault, it had gotten kind of sluggish where every dozen stitches it would kind of hesitate and then lurch through the stitch and sometimes had issues "catching" when I changed the stitches, and I just kept pushing it, it finally stuck one day and I tried to manhandle it through and something made a hideous scrapy clatter in the body of the machine and it was no more. What kind of machine did you have, anyway? And what kind did you get? XD.
I had one of these http://www.sewingmachineoutlet.com/white1766.htm which when I bought it and it was the new model I paid full MSRP. I left it with the guy to cannibalize for parts because tbh I had no use for it other than an awkward doorstop.
My new machine is one of these http://babylock.com/a-line/grace/ factory sealed, for $400 (instead of $700 MSRP). So far I'm really liking the additional features, but it's still some getting used to.
Mine I had a feeling it might not be worth the repair once I found out I could flat out replace it for under $200. When I took it in I told the guy what had gone on and asked if it was worth fixing or I should get something new. He poked at the machine a bit as he listened and said it was probably not worth the fix, so at least it was a fast decision. Waiting is worse :(
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I was going to offer to lend you mine, but... I guess it isn't necessary, since you have a (likely higher quality) replacement.
This seems to be a month of mechanical failure. My hairdryer sent sparks flying at my hair last week and my electric toothbrush died, too.
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Our clothes dryer is dying too.
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My new machine is one of these http://babylock.com/a-line/grace/ factory sealed, for $400 (instead of $700 MSRP). So far I'm really liking the additional features, but it's still some getting used to.
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Annnnnnnnnnnnnd I've yet to do anything with it because I feel I suck at that sort of thing.
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