Hi, Thanks for the replies,
I was just assuming I need zig zag since all my sails are sewn up like that. Do you know why they use zig zag??
experiment. If its going to cost much more I will continue to take the jobs to the local sail lofts. It would be great to test them before buying but unless I can find somewhere local, the fuel to get there would cost nearly as much as the purchase price.. so i may as well just take a gamble...
By the way... I have a Bernina 807 which I inherited from my aunt a couple of years ago
(from the same vendor that is selling the heavy duty machines). so maybe it isn't so rubbish? I have now seen some posts elsewhere which suggest they are quite good machines Maybe not up to the heavy duty stuff? Good for spinnakers though ;-)
Colin