Sewing machine model numbers
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Sewing machine model numbers
Is there any rhyme, reason, or logic to how sewing machine models are named/numbered?
Does anyone know why Bernina would use duplicate numbers (as 820, and 830, for examples) for their machine models? It seems very confusing to me.
I know that with the Pfaff series 1471 -1473 - 1475 - the higher numbered ones have more features than the lower numbered ones.
However, on the Singer 401, 403, 404 series - the 401 is the "fancy" one and the 401 is a plain Jane straight stitching machine.
Does anyone know why Bernina would use duplicate numbers (as 820, and 830, for examples) for their machine models? It seems very confusing to me.
I know that with the Pfaff series 1471 -1473 - 1475 - the higher numbered ones have more features than the lower numbered ones.
However, on the Singer 401, 403, 404 series - the 401 is the "fancy" one and the 401 is a plain Jane straight stitching machine.
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I think the logic was only apparent to the manufacturers. I don't try to make sense of it anymore. The 404 was a straight stitcher. To add to the confusion there are also 400 series machines that aren't slant shank that were made around the same time.
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A 327 was the first machine I ever serviced for someone else. Guy told me it just stopped for no reason. I cleaned enough lint out from under that machine to stuff a pillow. The feed dogs were so packed they were a smooth surface, I had to take a stiff wire brush to them. He had no idea he was supposed to clean it out.
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A 327 was the first machine I ever serviced for someone else. Guy told me it just stopped for no reason. I cleaned enough lint out from under that machine to stuff a pillow. The feed dogs were so packed they were a smooth surface, I had to take a stiff wire brush to them. He had no idea he was supposed to clean it out. Cari
The bottom works are similar to the 66 or 99 machines
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My sentiments exactly. I had the old 820, not computerized. Now I have the 820 computerized. I did not mean to get the same model #. It's just the model I chose. Now I refer to them as the OLD 820 and the NEW 820.
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