How much would you pay
#12
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 894
I don't know what a fair price would be. I recently removed my Pfaff Grandquilter from it's frame and decided to use it as a workhorse for quilting with a walking foot and for FMQ. It is also great for straight stitching. It has a larger throat space than my Bernina, but I has only about 4-5 inches of room for quilting. I was completely fed up with its lack of throat space. If you want to put another machine on your frame, I would save up and get one with a larger throat space. By the way, I purchased my Pfaff and its frame for $1,000 about 7 years ago used. I would search out used machines. If you have a local quilt guild, someone might have one gathering dust.
#13
I don't know anything about Janome but I bought a Juki TL2010Q straight stitch only for a little over 800.00 new and it's a wonderful machine. Just a thought.
Last edited by SusieQOH; 11-01-2017 at 05:07 AM.
#14
Power Poster
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 17,858
Gut feelings usually tell us what we need to know, but too often don't want to know!
Definitely go for a warranty.
If your serviceman thinks so highly of the machine, he should have no problems with giving you that.
Then make sure that you use it a lot, during that period, to give it a good workout,
so you can feel confident it was a good buy for you.
#15
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Va.
Posts: 5,753
As I recall, the Janome 1600P needs to have a cover for the feed dogs when FMQ since they don’t lower on that machine. You can get A new Brother PQ1500s (basically the same machine) for about that price and it has the ability to lower the feed dogs. For just a little more, you can get a new Juki 2000qi or a New Juki2010q. Both are also pretty much the same as the Janome but they can also Lowe the feed dogs.
the going rate for a used PQ1500s is about $350. If the Janome 1600p looks a little rough I would not pay anywhere near$600 for it. If you do decide to go for it make sure it includes the cover for the feed dogs— you will need that for frame quilting.
Rob
the going rate for a used PQ1500s is about $350. If the Janome 1600p looks a little rough I would not pay anywhere near$600 for it. If you do decide to go for it make sure it includes the cover for the feed dogs— you will need that for frame quilting.
Rob
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
mollymct
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
15
12-03-2010 04:09 PM