As I'm having a bit of a lull in my sewing at the moment (did you notice the two missing blogs?!), it seemed a good opportunity to send Naomi the Janome off for a service.
So, telephone directory in hand, I started ringing around places.
It seems that a standard service (no nothing is broken, she just needs to clean and oil) is around £60 from a reputable Janome dealership. There are non-approved dealers out there but, considering the cost of Naomi, I'm not entrusting her to anyone other than an expert.
Saying that, the first Janome dealer I contacted was convinced that Naomi was an overlocker. No amount of insistence on my part would convince him otherwise. I must have been mis-threading her all this time...
The main stumbling block now seems to be that the service will take about a week. 7 days without her?! I'm going to have to plan for that. I'm getting cold sweats already at the thought!
Do you have your machine serviced? How regularly is "regularly serviced"?
That is a really quick turn-around! I just brought my machine in for service and I won't have it back for a month. Generally, you should bring it in once a year for service.
ReplyDeleteOo, she's definitely over-due then. Although a week doesn't sound so bad compared to a month!
DeleteI usually take my machine to be serviced when I go on a girls' vacation in July. The turnaround would be 3-5 days if I needed it. It is recommended to take it in once a year. Just plan to do lots of cutting while Naomi is being serviced!
ReplyDeleteGood idea! My next holiday away isn't until November but Naomi could have a spa break at the same time. I've got so much to do that November is probably the earliest I could spare her anyway!
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