There have been a couple old generally favorable posts on Bernette machines, but not the B35. After a ten year gap I want to make some gear. We also have some furniture that needs new covers.
Any experience with the Bernette B35 machine? It’s mechanical and goes for around $300 US. I would want it for curtains, outdoor furniture (8 oz Sunbrella fabric), silnylon, ripstop, fleece, blanket fabric, etc. I’d be happy with at least a zig-zag stitch, but it has 20+ stitches and a pretty good button mode (per the one Youtube I watched). Max stitch width and length are both 5mm. Easy top tension adjustment, I didn’t see any mention of bottom tension adjustment.
We have ruined a couple of $200 Singer electronic machines. Loved using a borrowed $1200 Bernina. Hoping for something simple and rugged but inexpensive. One thing I loved about the electronic machines was one touch of a button gave one stitch, super wide zig-zags, and it always stops with the needle up. I can give up on those for reliability.
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