Having ignored Kate's Advice I bought a Janome 204d as it seemed fine in the shop. At home on my table it shook like mad so back it went.
"They do vibrate," I was then told by the lady in John Lewis, "They can even walk across the table." !! Although it worked fine in the shop they did take it back.
What I would like to know is this - does the Bernina really run any more smoothly?
Is the Bernina 700D a good machine?
Do I need a certain type of surface to put it on?
Thanks
Susan
Vibrate os ok, but you do NOT want it dancing a jig off the table!
The Berninas are good, and in my experience do not jiggle about like the lighter weight machines. Best thing to put under it to damp the noise and vibrations a bit if the little rubber feet don't stick to the table is that rubber matting stuff you can get for lining trays and the like. I got a couple of rolls from Lakeland Limited.
Does the Bernina 700 shake?
Yes. Of course, this is from my experience. which consits of almost a year of using my first serger.. a Bernina 700d.
I have it setting on a folding plastic card table, on top of my cutting mat. It vibrates a bit at full speed, but it certainly does not "dance a jig", or walk much of anywhere.
Currently I am stretching the limits a bit, but I find that it will serge anything so long as the upper looper clears the presser foot.
(Sometimes this includes 2 layers of leather, and two layers of 1000 denier ballistic nlyon.) Everything I currently make is with my 700d
I put my serger on a soft squishy kind of mouse pad. Stays put just fine now.
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I use a small rubber car mat. The ones you have in the foot well, that seems to stop it walking. Hope that helps. Claire
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