35 or so years ago, after some years of training, I was sent to high schools and colleges and universities and prisons to service their sewing machines. I’d go with Tony and Paul and Vincent and Fred, our mechanics of various times. Three or four times a week we used
Every now and then a lady will phone and say, My new Bernina is making a buzzing sound. Some of these ladies will then try to imitate the noise and some will just say 'listen' and put the phone near their Bernina. This problem is peculiar to those models of Bernina
The drop-feed on your Bernina is a very useful feature. You can use it for darning and freehand embroidery etc. Just remember when you turn the dial to drop the feed your feed dogs/teeth will drop straight away. When you turn the dial back for normal feed and to raise the feed
[caption id="attachment_3008" align="alignleft" width="300"] Always turn your Bernina Buttonhole Dial Clockwise.[/caption] From time to time a Bernina will come in, either from a private customer or from a school, and the buttonhole mechanism won't work. It's usually because someone has turned the buttonhole dial backwards - anti-clockwise. I know old hands already
