andersonart

My wife and I have a hobby business pressing t-shirts, she would like to start doing embroidery also. Our local Husqvarna dealer has a sale on a Pfaff 7120 for $3,995.00 CDN. Does anyone have any experience or comments on this machine. This is the extent of our budget to add a new piece of equipment. by the time I add the software and some additional hoops We will be up to $5500.00 fortunately the machine comes with free classes.
All comments good and bad will be appreciated
Thanks
Jim & Kathy

Changed my title to the correct model number it should be a 2170
We are planning on using the machine for lettering and small logos

 

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Quote: Originally Posted by andersonart Pfaff 7120

I can't find anything on a 7120, could it be a 2170? I found a bunch of them on Flea-bay...

It all depends on what you want to do with it. Are you going to do more than basic lettering and simple designs with very few colors?

I looked at a similar machine a few years ago. Since my car designs have 6-9 colors and are done in 8-15 steps, it would have taken way too long to keep changing threads every time. We ended up going with a Brother PR600 6-color machine instead. For a small shop, it's been a complete workhorse.

Check with the shop if they have a trade-in program... The shop we bought our machines from has a 1 year upgrade trade-in program where they will credit full purchase price of the original machine towards an upgrade. When we were thinking of buying a 2nd machine, we bought a small Babylocke that is similar to the PFaff. We used it for a couple of months for some 1-color lace designs and then decided we really needed another 6-color machine. Much easier trading/upgrading than it would have been to try to sell the used machine and then buy a new upgraded one...

 

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