I have never taken my Brother Innovis 1500 in and can sew and embroider all day. It is now 3yrs.
I do clean the bobbin area regularly and do watch it while it embroiders. If I have to leave the room I press the stop.
My old Bernina bought in 1973 has never been to the work shop.Neither has my 20 year old overlocker.
If there is nothing wrong, What can the regular service be?????
From Bev

This really makes me happy to know thank you so much! My husband keeps telling me that I need to let it have a break even after one design!
Dawn

I take my machines in at least once a year. Not so much for repair but for cleaning. The last time I took it in the repair man told me it was so full of dust, lint and dirt inside. He cleans it and applies oiling etc. But otherwise it goes all the time without resting inbetween designs. It only gets rest when I am sleeping. Hugs, Mary

Bev gave you good advise..clean that bobbin area out as good as you can! If you have one of the small vacs for computers, use that to suck out lint you can't see or reach. Do NOT use the canned air. That can blow the lint into somewhere where it will do more damage. I never leave mine alone, so if something happens..like a needle breaks...I can quickly stop it. I think it cools off a little between loaded & starting again.

Have had my Bernina 180E since 1998. Get it cleaned annually and only had one problem last fall with timing and it was fixed same day. Oiling and cleaning with a computor vac really helps. Never blow out bobbin area. I also carry a Singer featherweight of the 50's and regular service it sews like a dream.

Lamkin

I have a old Janome 5700 and it has never been to the shop (knock on wood) I clean and oil it and thats it. It's around 10 years old now. I just love it. It can't do all the newest and greatest things but i like it. One day i'll have that new machine with all the bells and whistles,,,, :)

A flower for all thank you!!!!

I have my embroidery machines serviced annually, there are parts that the mechanic can get to, that I can't.

My 43 year old Elna Supermatic sewing machine, has never been to a workshop in it's life, but I do clean it thoroughly after every use and always have. Same with my Bernette Overlocker, which is 25 years old, I kept thinking it was only 15 but I just worked it out. WOW I've had it 25 years, I remember it like it was yesterday.

The difference in the machines is all in the making, the older (mechanical) machines were made with metal parts, steel and iron, they had way fewer components to do the job, they were really solid and very expensive.

By comparison today's machines are computer operated, which means, plastic, lots of plastic! and microchips, condensers, motherboards full of diodes and wires, lots of wires! and if you pulled out all the computer parts you would be left with the same mechanical parts as older machines but they would be made of cheaper metal composites.

In today's money, our machines may seem expensive but they really aren't.

in 1968 my Elna Supermatic cost $570.00, wages were $15.00 per week, total worth = 38 weeks.

2010 Designer Diamond cost: $10,500.00 current wage $1,250.00 per week, total worth = 8.5 weeks

Way back when.... It was a long time before most people could afford to buy a sewing machine. I remember my Mum didn't get her first machine until I was about six (big mistake BTW, LOL!)

They were made of stronger stuff and they were made to last. In my personal opinion, today's machines are not as good and if we were still around in 100 years time I think you would see very few of today's machines around then. unlike the old mechanical machines which are still in use today and will probably still be working then.

Hugs and gumnuts, Meganne

PS, Yes I'd pamper and spoil my embroidery machine and treat it with kid gloves, it is a very highly modernised piece of delicate equipment, so treat it like you would your laptop and you won't go too far wrong. LOL!!!