Bernina 2500dce vs. 2500dcet? Anyone know?

I typed Bernina 2500dce over at WebCrawler and got a 2 page list of interesting places. I didn't dig any deeper but did notice that someone began a review with 'is not good for a beginner'. There's a Bernina serger here that does lovely stitching but it takes me about 45 minutes to thread that rascal on a good day. Polly

You must have MY serger Polly. I can almost get an aerobic workout trying to thread it. I work up a sweat almost every time!

Goodness!! Don't unthread your serger!! Rethreading, as you've noted, is a PITA. I cut the thread I'm done with off at the cone, load new cones, tie the two threads together, cut the needle threads close to the eyes and pull the looper threads through. Then, pull the needle threads through, and rethread just the needle eyes. Easy-peasy! The thread that gets "wasted" is worth the lack of swearing. LOL

That's what I usually try to do. But sometimes.......rethreading is necessary and it's not fun. But, you're right....tieing off to a new thread and pulling through is certainly the way to avoid some nasty swearing!.

Hey Polly Esther:

Coming your way tonight. I'm part of a small team from ALdersgate Methodist Church in Alexandria heading to Gulport. We will be staying at Camp Love in Gulfport (currently part of Nugent UMC), 13183 John Clark Rd, Gulfport MS 39503.

5 days

first on the list of to bring were plastic/rubber gloves, cotton work gloves, face mask and safety glasses! tasking is uncertain but we think we are doing rebuild on houses.

And since our purpose is doing good wors, I'd appreciate it if you'd keep your gators over east of Biloxi. I don't think they would be very good at hauling sheet rock. Tails might be good at taking out but not replacing.

and maybe if we are very good, they might even let us off the yard to go to mary mahoney's for dinner? after all the publicity she got from anderson cooper, maybe its quieter than now!

klh in va

You will be quite safe from the Gators. The adventurous ones are off to Florida enjoying a high time with the spring break folks. Seeing the Mississippi coast will just break your heart. Everything that was old and beautiful is gone - just gone. Except in our hearts. There's a group in Pascagoula now that aims to build 100 houses in 100 days. That scares us more than Katrina did. Our temps are varying from 60° to 90° so you'll want to pack some clothes for both. Bless you for making a difference. Polly

When you do this, please pull the thread out of the tension disks. Or loosen the tensions to "0". Very few sergers automatically "unlock" the tension when you raise the pressure foot, like sewing machines do. Pulling against the tension mechanism can cause some problems with the tension holding, eventually. BTW, if you are careful and tie a square knot in the needle threads you

*may* be able to pull the thread right through the eyes of the needles. but you have to be careful there.

Pati, > Goodness!! Don't unthread your serger!! Rethreading, as you've noted, is a

Besides, in New Zion, a suburb of Wiggins, the land was rather dry and not so many such critters.

Even the boardwalk in Gulfport was missing every other section

not entirely. i saw pieces of foundations sometimes and Beauvoir is somewhat boarded up. but it was sad to see so many blue plastic tarps on roofs and trailers in yards when you got away from the gulf. however the casinos seem to have survived and built new monstrosities in record time!

If they manage the construction well, they could do a house a day on average completed. that is not the same as start to occupancy in one day! if they put enough staff and plan the sequence, they can do multiple foundations and then raise them and get teams moving through sequentially to get them to finish ... rather like singing rounds.

yessss. i barely had enough clothes for outside in high 40s. packing for windy cold was not part of the plan.

my wife's comment was that the smiles we say on Friday made it all worthwhile. and we did see some big ones. and the lady we saw monday who collapsed in tears telling about her experiences was on Friday walking about with a smile that radiated and was saying over and over, God is good.

[for her, on monday we misunderstood the task that we were only to cover some plywood with vinyl siding and we thought we were to do the whole house. we reported back to the church with comments about hurricane damage at the other end of the house and some siding had been torn away when the foundation was repaired so the coordinator approved doing the whole house. our task for 4 people for two days became one for 16 people for two days with some professionals included. and for somebody who came home after katrina to find roof gone and all the innards damaged/destroyed now had her house whole and it looked good, awesomely good. and she was off to her own church mission meeting that night renewed to to go help others. God is good.]

there is so much more to do. what we did was a mere pittance. will it ever be done?