( 2 reviews )
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Posted: Jun 24 2008
Its "OK" to learn general sewing machine theory - and might be good if you happen to own one of the very few machines it goes into detail on. Otherwise, give it a miss.
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( 15 of 15 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jul 11 2005
I bought the paperback edition. Many of the drawings are cramped and barely legible. The paperback version(about 5" x 8.5") does not leave much room for the larger whole machine drawings. The hardback version is probably larger, and therefore may contain larger, clearer drawings. The author gives a general overview which I found weakly tied to hard to read drawigns and then delves into Pffaf, New Home, Brother, and White models. Most of the machines I have are old Kenmore (Sears) and Montgomery Wards models. I would have liked to seen these models examined. I don't have any of the models listed, but I feel I can probably extrapolate how to fix the ones I have from this book. I expect to spend a lot of time flipping through the pages with the machine in question in front of me and looking at the drawings with a magnifying glass or enlarged on a copier.
