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From: susies1955
Date: 02-13-2005, 10:26 AM (1 of 10)
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I was wondering if the pressure feet for the Janome 4623LE are low shank. I have a Brother now and the free motion, 1/4" and walking feet are all low shank. If they would work on the Janome 4623LE that would help me make my decision to buy it. Does the needle up/down work good? How is the speed control? Does it go REALLY slow? Oh, and does is have a blanket stitch? I bought another Brother a few months ago and it broke down right after I got it so I took it back. It had the speed control and the needle up/down and I loved it. Anything pro or con you could tell me about it would be great. Appreciate it, Susie northern NY
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From: toadusew
Date: 02-13-2005, 01:51 PM (2 of 10)
I don't know anything about your specific Janome model, but I own 2 Janome's and love them!  I think if you go to the Janome website and look at their machines, you might be able to get your questions answered. And you always have the option of e-mailing Janome directly as well. They have lots of information on their website--about their machines, projects, software updates for the computerized machines, and techniques, as well as free embroidery design downloads. I was just on that site this morning and found lots of useful, helpful information.Hope this helps a little.
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From: susies1955
Date: 02-13-2005, 02:16 PM (3 of 10)
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I don't know anything about your specific Janome model, but I own 2 Janome's and love them! .............Hope this helps a little. Hi toadusew, It is good to hear that you love your Janome's. I'm hearing that from quite a few people. I've been to the Janome website MANY times in the last few days. They don't say anything about the questions I have specifically.One gal did contact me and told me she has that machine and that it is low shank and then answered a few of my other questions so that is good news. She loves hers too. Good idea to contact Janome with any other questions I might have. Thanks, yes you helped, Susie northern NY
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From: Kylnne2
Date: 02-13-2005, 03:43 PM (4 of 10)
| I own several Janomes and my computerized machine is a Janome Kenmore 19365. It has all the features you mentioned plus many more. It comes with many feet that snap one. It is a low shank. If using another brand of feet on this machine just be sure the feet are wide enough to accomodate the wide stitch widths offered on the newer Janomes or you could break a needle doing a wide zig zag. The speed control and up down needle work well. It also has a lock stitch and mirror image among other things like stitch editing and memory to combine stitches. 2 Alphabets, block and script in both upper and lower case. I have found my machine to be the smoothest and quietest machine I have ever stitched on. The many stitches are beautiful when doing heirloom and also the speed control seems to work much facter when doing deco work. My Kenmore Janome is the same quality as my machines with the Janome name. If searching out the Kenmore Janomes there is a difference in the different newer models in both features and quality but the features for the price cannot be beat. |
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From: susies1955
Date: 02-13-2005, 04:19 PM (5 of 10)
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Kylnne2, Thanks for the tip about the feet and how I need to be careful to see that they are wide enough if or when I use them for the first time. I'm in the 'looking' stage so thanks for letting me know about your Kenmore. Susie northern NY
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From: toadusew
Date: 02-15-2005, 10:06 AM (6 of 10)
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Susie, I'm glad I could help a little. (Have you tried e-mailing Janome to ask your specific questions?) My two Janomes have been great machines! I first owned a Janome Memory Craft 8000 and loved it! I didn't upgrade until they came out with the Janome Memory Craft 10000 and hubby bought me that one a little over a year ago. We got a good price on it because Janome had just come out with the 10001. I did have some unusual problems with the 10000 at first; it was the computerized stuff that kind of went haywire. I took it to the dealer and it didn't get fixed the first time, so we took it back, demonstrated to one of the women what was wrong, and she personally talked to the repairman and played with the machine after he had fixed it to make sure it was truly fixed. It turned out to be something that probably wasn't set quite right from the factory, but was rather easily fixed. They had 2 machines that were sold at the same time with the same problem. No more problems after that! I can tell you that on both my Janome machines, the needle up/down works beautifully, the speed control is great, and both of my machines have the blanket stitch, among other decorative and utility stitches. Even though I am a loyal Janome fan, as you see, there can be problems, and for that reason, I would encourage you to buy from a reputable dealer in your area. My dealer was great and made sure that my problem got solved, or probably would have exchanged machines with me, if that had been necessary. I'm not sure that Sears would give you the same support if you bought from them. Hancock's is also selling some Janome machines and I'm not sure that they could give you the same support that a reputable Janome dealer could. That's just my two cents' worth.
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From: susies1955
Date: 02-15-2005, 10:49 AM (7 of 10)
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toadusew, No I haven't tried emailing Janome but I have been reading different forums and doing research and everyone seems to rave over the Janome companies responded fast and great to emails. I have a Janome dealer about 40 minutes from here. I have never been to her shop believe it or not but plan to go on Friday IF the weather is good. This is her website: Waddington Sewing Center (http://www.waddingtonsewingcenter.com/) I asked a few people at my guild about her shop they had good reports about it. I'm glad you had a good experience getting yours all fixed up. I don't think that the machine I'm looking at has a blanket stitch. I've been writing down questions for the lady at the shop and writing down the features I would like so I guess I will go from there. Thanks a lot, Susie northern NY
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From: Kylnne2
Date: 02-16-2005, 03:10 AM (8 of 10)
| I had to order my Kenmore (Janome) because there was no 19365 in stock. I picked my the machine at Sears dock when it arrived. When I got it home the stitch was terrible and I found that right out of the box the auto tension was damaged. I returned my machine to Sears several days later and the salesperson (not the one I purchased it from) immediately reordered me another of the same model. Yes, I am thrilled with this one I am happy to say. I own several Janomes and a Pfaff. I keep comparing the machines to see which is better...so far they are all winners. |
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 02-16-2005, 01:21 PM (9 of 10)
My Janome Memory Craft 4000 has that blanket stitch, and I love it.. I used it to applique Sunbonnet Sue on Quilt squares and they are beautiful.. My Mom had made one years ago with Black blanket stitches and that is what I did on my machine.. I do not have a digital camera so I cannot show you.. If you want me to scan part of it, I can do that.. Send me a PM with your e-mail address if you want that.. I have never used the slow speed control on mine... I love the needle up/down and also the needle threader ,, that feature alone has saved me countless hours of groping around threading the machine needle...I can do that with my eyes closed with my machine... My machine is at least 11 years old and the only problem I ever had was my fault from not reading the instructions carefully before calling my dealer... We had a laugh over it, because she had gotten the question so many times before..In case you are curious, if was when I had dropped the feed dogs to do FME , then when I changed the button to bring them back up, they did not come up.. I tried 5 or 6 times... Called Phyllis in a panic and she said "after you press the control button, then you have to start sewing, they will automatically come back up as soon as you actually sew." It worked... 
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From: susies1955
Date: 02-16-2005, 02:23 PM (10 of 10)
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Libby, That's ok. You don't need to scan anything for me. What I was wondering is about that particular machine. I wondered if you could sew really slow even with the foot pedal. The machine I have now doesn't like to sew slow. Thanks for letting me know about your machine as I have been looking at that one too. Yes, LOL. it really does help to read the manual. Thanks for the help, Susie northern NY
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