That's 25 stitches per second! Far too many for me to contemplate ever using.I'm accustomed to my Baby Lock Quilter's Choice where I can regulate speed with a sliding switch or my Viking 1+ where I can set speed to fast, medium or slow. The thought of the Juki suddenly taking off at 25 stitches a second is scary!
One solution (other than hours of practice) is a speed control. They're available for about $50. Impatient as I am I didn't want to wait for an order to arrive so I decided to build my own. Plans for building a speed control are available on the Juki or Brother Yahoo groups. Parts are easily available at any RadioShack store. Cost for everything, including an inexpensive soldering iron, is about $25.
Many years ago I built my own Ham radio station. I've also done silversmithing so I'm familiar with using power tools, cable strippers and soldering irons. The speed control is simply a potentiometer connected between the machine and the foot pedal.
Putting the control together was a good evening's work and a terrific distraction -- I was waiting for calls from my son to tell me how my daughter-in-law was progressing in her labor.
My Juki can still stitch wildly but not as frighteningly. Learning to sew at a slow, controlled speed isn't easy but I feel I'm learning faster with my speed control than without it.
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