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Sewing Machine Advice
So I have my mom's old Elna Club sewing machine. It's about 25 years old I think, computerized panel for all the different quilting stitches and buttonholes and all that good stuff. I don't really need all those functions for most of what I do with it, but I have been thinking about trying to make a quilt for the first time.
Anyway, this is the machine I learned to sew on and did all my 4H projects that mom helped me with. It was kind our thing every summer growing up and she is gone now so it has a lot of sentimental value. But it has stopped working and is in the shop, still waiting to hear what the final prognosis is. I know the pedal needs rewired which they quoted $100 for alone, and they are supposed to be checking out some other issue with the bobbin winder.
The repair guy thought that even if I had to put $200-250 into this old machine that I would still have a better machine than if I were to buy one in the price range for what I would spend to fix it. He said a comparable Elna today costs upwards of $800 (which he showed me specifically in their shop).
For those of you who are really knowledgeable and may have recently purchased machines, does this sound right to you? If not, would you fix it anyway for sentimental reasons?
TIA
Re: Sewing Machine Advice
I agree with your repair guy, which is why I recommend buying used.refurbished to people who don't want to spend a lot....they will get a lot more for their money.
Even if I didn''t agree with your repair guy., I would get it fixed for sentimental reasons, and because it would be better to have a functioning machine while researching new ones as well as to have a second/back up machine.
Although.....$100 to rewire the pedal? I think that's WAY too high! Isn't there someone who could do that for you? It's a very easy thing to do.
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