How to choose a sewing machine
A couple of decades ago, almost everythe domestic family certainly had a sewing machine: the shops did not indulge in a wide range of clothes, so they had to sew their own clothes. Today much has changed, and the choice of beautiful and stylish clothes has become simply huge, but the old kind sewing machine is by no means forgotten. How to choose a sewing machine, tells the Land of Soviets.Before choosing a sewing machine, what functions it should have this home helper. So, modern sewing machines can be universal and special in purpose and, in addition, can have a different set of seams. In everyday life, universal sewing machines with standard types of joints are commonly used.
Previously, at home, I had tobe satisfied with sewing machines with the usual mechanical drive: manual or foot. Now such machines can be found only in attics or in grandmother's closets. Modern sewing machines are equipped with an electric drive and can have electromechanical or computer (electronic) control.
Both electromechanical and computer management have both their pluses and minuses. For example, sewing machines with electromechanical control are quite simple in circulation. The choice of the required stitch pattern, as well as various adjustments, are made using a special castor on the front of the machine. The available types of seams are sufficient for most standard fabrication operations.
Sewing machines with computer control are more powerful, than electromechanical. So, if in electromechanical models usually there are about 10 types of seams, computerized sewing machines can have up to hundreds of different types of stitches. Also in sewing machines with computer control there is such a useful option as "sewing adviser": the machine itself tells the seamstress what settings are needed for this or that kind of fabric or product.
Electromechanical sewing machines are cheaper than electronic, and therefore for non-professional sewinguse, as a rule, them. Machines with computer control can be recommended to experienced seamstresses who know for sure that all the "heaped" functions of such machines will be useful to them.
When choosing a sewing machine, the values are such characteristics as sewing speed, presser foot, loop type, type of shuttle. Tailoring speed, as a rule, is regulated by the force of pressing the pedal, but there are models of machines in which the pedal is absent: the start and stop of the machine's operation are performed by pressing the button.
Presser foot pressure in sewing machines canadjustable with a special spring or automatically. The foot can be raised to a height of up to 12 mm in the sewing machine if rough coarse materials are to be processed.
Processing of loops in modern models of sewing machines issemi-automatic and automatic. Of course, automatic processing is more convenient, it allows you to easily and quickly make a lot of accurate identical loops. But this option significantly increases the cost of the machine, so you can be satisfied with the model with a semi-automatic processing of loops, if you only have to work from time to time.
Shuttle Type is very important when choosing a suitable sewing machine. The shuttle can be swinging, horizontal and vertical. The rocking shuttle has many disadvantages, it is usually present only in the cheapest models. Horizontal shuttle double-scoring - the most popular, it is in the machines of the average price range. The vertical shuttle is only in expensive professional machines, it is considered the most reliable, because it does not allow tangles.
To choose a sewing machine, it's best not just to shophome appliances, and a specialized store for the sale of sewing equipment. In this case, it is possible to discuss in details with the consultant the features of the models that have become interested, to try the machine "in business", to study its equipment. To give preference in this case follows the products of well-known brands whose build quality is confirmed by many years of experience of many people around the world.
