Is 555,000 stitches on a floor model sewing only machine a lot of stitches??
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Is 555,000 stitches on a floor model sewing only machine a lot of stitches??
I can't really judge number of stitches because I've never had a machine that counts this. It certainly sounds like a LOT of stitches. Does this sound possible or is it more likely the machine was used and possibly a trade-in?
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It is only sewing (no embroidery). 55,500 inches equals 4625 yards. This just seems like a lot of sewing for a floor model. When I did the warranty registration online, a different store came up as the original store of purchase (it was still local but was not the store I purchased it from--I had the option to select the correct store if the one displayed was not correct so I did).
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The maximum stitch speed of my Bernina is about 1000 spm (stitches per minute). That would equal 555 minutes, or 9.25 hours, at maximum speed, or more hours at a slower speed (more likely). That doesn't sound like a lot to me, for a machine used as a demo. (BTW, that 4625 feet, only 1541 yards.)
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Yes, and my math was wrong. I thought I had already divided 55,000 by 12 to come up with feet and then I divided by 3 for yards. I skips the inches to feet part. 555,000/10 stitches per inch = 55,500 inches/12 inches to a foot = 4,625 feet/ 3 feet per yard = 1,541 yards.
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