Kenmore 1560

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Kenmore 1560

by Debbi
(Caddo Mills, TX, USA)

I got the Kenmore 1560 sewing machine for myself, after getting a monetary bonus from my employer for helping her finish her doctorate thesis by doing all the typing for her presentation.

I don't remember how I decided on the Kenmore 1560 model one but I was newly married in 1975 and the price fit my budget.

It is heavy, all metal, and I love it. In addition to straight stitch, it zigzags, straight stretch, rick rack stretch, blind hems, overcast stretch, mending straight or three corner tears, feather stitch, buttonhole, sews on a shankless button, bar tacks, satin stitch, applique, manual monogramming, darns, zipper and cording, decorative stitches (scallop, arrowhead, diamond, domino).

I want to keep the Kenmore 1560 machine or (maybe) give it to my married daughter, but first I want to find a new Kenmore that will give me some updated features and maybe computerized, but I am still researching that.

This machine has never given me an ounce of trouble. I keep it cleaned up and oiled and it has made outfits, coats, baby clothes, craft projects, curtains, that I cannot part with it.

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Feb 04, 2009
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computerization
by: Anonymous

The new machines with computerized technology are great when they work and have some amazing talents that just are not included in your good old reliable manual machines. Todays computerized sewing machines are just too new into the computerized age and frequently fail for one reason or another. Being a computer tech, it is quite possible that the non-standard designs of the chinese motherboards have not been well proven. These boards are easily affected by magnetic fields that are generated by the motors of the sewing machines. So far it does not appear that there is enough isolation between the motherboards and the strong motors. This is still very new in the sewing machine world and it is going to take some work to get some standardization and the control on what is known as EFI interference. You might want to stay with the work horse you have.

Respectfully,
randy

Feb 04, 2009
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thanks
by: Anonymous

that is good info; I don't plan to invest much in a new machine just for that reason; I don't want to get stuck with something that does not work; I am reading all kinds of reviews, but I want to stick with Kenmore/Janome models since I have had such a great experience with it.