Toyota serger -- please read if you have used one
Lady Bug
all parts and the owner does not know if it works. I just ordered a book on
serger
repair so am not worried about it working. I want to know from anyone who has
used the Toyota brand serger if you like it and how did it work for you. It
will see
moderate to heavy use as the standby for the beast ( one I broke and had to take
in to the repair shop). I know now that I must have a back up serger and
thought
this might be a good place to start. Thanks in advance!
LB
Kate Dicey
workhorse, and cut through every type of fabric T threw at it with
ease. It didn't like 4 layers of Polartec Windbloc or 300 fleece plus
two layers of elastic in the cuffs of jackets, but then what does? ;)
I sold it on to my sister when I bought my new Huskylock in '98, and it
is still working beautifully for her. It's built like a brick netty and
will go on for ever: one of it's good points was the perfect rolled
edges it would do.
Kate XXXXXX
Karen M.
My mama bought me one such in 1990. For a couple years I did
quasi-commercial sewing on it (8 hours a day for a few weeks at a
time). I've made a lot of things on it and used it a lot.
It's had some troubles over the years. Had it re-tensioned and
overhauled by a sewing repair store. The second time I brought it in,
I was told that it was a piece of cheap junk and I should buy a new
one from him.
When I took it to one of those itenerant repair guys (Thursdays at
Jo-Ann's, Fridays at Hancock, scissors sharpened and machines fixed),
he told me it was an excellent, well-made, workhorse machine. He also
commented on the retail guy's desire to sell his own current machines
rather than keep repairing serviceable older ones.
The peddler repair guy could not find a replacement for a small
metal thread take-up that would let me use both needle spools, so it's
become a three-spool machine. He looked through all his parts (entire
stock lives in his truck). The part may have gotten damaged in one of
my many moves--about 5 in ten years.
I would say get the Toyota, and have a unbiased pro get it in
running order.
HTH!
--Karen M.
Roger Sollie
remember the number) in 1989. It never gave me a problem and was used daily
(although not for 8 hours). I sold it in 1996 in favor of a 4-thread
Huskylock (which is also a good machine).
Good luck!
Kirsten
Trondheim, Norway
Lady Bug skrev i meldingen <3cafd88f$0$26342$45be...@newscene.com>...
>I have chance to get Toyota 6000 serger for almost no money. It does not
have
>all parts and the owner does not know if it works(clip)
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Re: Toyota serger -- please read if you have used one
<Karen wrote:
< snippity-do-dah>
<When I took it to one of those itenerant repair guys (Thursdays
at Jo-Ann's, Fridays at Hancock, scissors sharpened and machines fixed),
he told me it was an excellent, well-made, workhorse machine. He also
commented on the retail guy's desire to sell his own current machines
rather than keep repairing serviceable older ones.
<< Happens frequently. If a repairman cannot repair your machine
properly, and pushes you to buy a new machine from him, finding a new
repairman is a good plan.
---
< The peddler repair guy could not find a replacement for
a small metal thread take-up that would let me use both needle spools,
so it's become a three-spool machine. He looked through all his parts
(entire stock lives in his truck). The part may have gotten damaged in
one of my many moves--about 5 in ten years.
----
<< Karen, old-timers who run small machine shops (industrial metal
machining, not sewing machines) can make miracles happen. My Dad was one
such, and he made more nifty little sewing gadgets and did repairs for
me. Although he did t from his basement, such men can be found through
the yellow pages of your local phone directory, and having a new piece
machined doesn't cost a fortune.
Cea
Lady Bug
contacted a guy in MO for the cord and he was selling it for $35 - including
shipping. Oh well I will keep looking. Thanks everyone for the info. Makes
me want to have a Toyota to back up the beast :-))
LB
"Roger Sollie" <roger....@online.no> wrote in message
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: Sounds like a good deal. My first serger was a 3-thread Toyota (don't
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>
> Yeah, we all have things we would rather have. I would rather have
> a Usenet free of gargoyle gripes noobies, who respond (twice!) to
> twelve-year-old posts. YMMV
>
>
Honestly, these dunderheads must be searching any group for OLD, OLD, OLD posts and then reply to them as if they were just written yesterday! Amazing how many retards have access to these groups and don't mind looking ridiculous.
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> someone help me out.
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