Sooooo, I have this (Huskylock 936):
Which does all this:
4-thread overlock, 3-thread overlock, 3-thread narrow overlock, 3-thread flatlock, 3-thread rolled edge, 3-thread narrow edge, 2-thread wide overlock, 2-thread narrow overlock, 2-thread flatlock, 2-thread rolled edge, 2-thread narrow edge, chainstitch, cover stitch wide, cover stitch narrow, triple coverstitch, and 5-thread overlock.
I may have just bought this (Pfaff 4872):
Which does (don’t bother reading, the list is the same): 4-thread overlock, 3-thread overlock, 3-thread narrow overlock, 3-thread flatlock, 3-thread rolled edge, 3-thread narrow edge, 2-thread wide overlock, 2-thread narrow overlock, 2-thread flatlock, 2-thread rolled edge, 2-thread narrow edge, chainstitch, cover stitch wide, cover stitch narrow, triple coverstitch, and 5-thread overlock.
Why, you ask? Why would someone need two really nice combo coverstitch/serger machines that do exactly the same thing? Well, because I’m lazy. That’s why. I’ve had my Huskylock for a while and love it. The stitches are nice and consistent, I know how to change the tensions and I can get it to sew nicely on just about everything. One thing I dislike is having to change it over from the serging to the coverstitching mode. Yea, I know it only takes a few minutes. No, it’s not that hard. I’m that lazy. Don’t judge me. I picked up this Pfaff for less than $300 and it’s in excellent condition. I plan to keep my Huskylock set up to coverstitch and the Pfaff set up to serger and flatlock. I’m loving the new machine.
Keep I mind I haven’t used the new machine very long, really only a few days, but there are some big differences between the two. 1) The Pfaff is faster, much faster. 2) The machines are oppositely (if that’s not a word, it should be) digital. The Huskylock is digital when it comes to the stitch length and the differential feed. You manually turn the knobs to adjust the tension. On the Pfaff, you manually adjust the differential feed and the stitch length, but the tension is set electronically with buttons. I’m planning on doing a few experiments to test the 4-thread overlocking stitch to see if it’s better on one machine over the other. I’m a sucker for data collection. I also want to test the coverstitching abilities of them both too.
One of these days, I need to do an overview of all the machines I have set up in my “studio” (read: spare bedroom). There are six now.
