MO654DE, White

🥰I love this machine🥰. It works like a charm, very smooth, with perfect stitches that meet the edge of the fabric every time. I purchased this particular machine because I had an identical serger in a different brand that never failed me for decades, in a custom drapery shop that I owned. The only thing I ever did to it was clean it, oil it and sharpen the blades for 30 some years. Then when I retired and moved, it got damaged in the move. Having said that, prior. to this, I worked for a sewing machine shop for many years, selling a bunch of different sewing machines and sergers. I was also their instructor three evenings a week teaching new owners how to use their sewing machines and sergers. A three week course that came free with their purchase. I am telling you all of this because I can honestly say I am VERY familiar with most all of the major brands of sewing machines out there, and out of all of them, having used most of them, this is the one I chose to purchase for myself. Not because it was cheaper than most of them, although it was but because I believe in buying quality and a product that you will not grow out of. But in this case I bought this serger because out of all of the machines like it, I loved the way it sewed, sounded and operated. I could literally feel the quality of this machine. It is user friendly. I would recommend it to anyone.

This is my fifth serger and, so far, my favorite. For the last five years I have mostly sewn on a Baby lock Imagine, and then a Baby Lock Evolve. These are excellent, very easy to use sergers, but very expensive. In addition, I found the Evolve, the one I used the most, had trouble going over thick seams. When the Evolve was getting serviced earlier this year I bought a vintage Juki (MO-104) and loved it but decided I needed a more modern one with differential feed and a rolled hem. This Juki has it all. It is very stable--never moves around when you're serging--has a wonderful knife set-up that cuts through anything smoothly, and has a beautiful rolled hem, either two or three thread. It doesn't have the jet air threading of the Baby Locks, but threads easily. Everything is color-coded. The tensions are also very easy to set. I haven't had any problem with them at all. I would advise you also to order a good, basic serger book because the instruction book with this Juki doesn't explain how to make the variety of stitches that are possible with it. With most of them you just have to tweak the tensions or stitch length or width, all easy to do on this machine. The electronic, high end machines (that go for a thousand dollars or more) will either make these adjustments automatically, or tell you how to do them on the screen, but I find a good serger book works just as well, and is much, much cheaper. Do be aware that this machine does not have a coverstitch, or coverhem, as it is sometimes called. It's the two or three thread stitch used to hem knits. To get this stitch you need to buy an expensive, high-end combo serger, or a separate coverstitch machine. I like having a regular serger, this one in particular, and a separate coverstitch machine, like the Janome CP 1000. This is shipped from Ken's Sewing Center, a store with an excellent reputation in the sewing community. Mine arrived quickly in perfect shape, but had there been a problem I know Ken's would have taken care of it. Really, this serger is an amazing deal. Juki is an excellent brand; I understand they make the Bernina sergers as well. Update: When I reviewed this serger it was $399.00 and was shipped by Ken's Sewing Center. I see now that the price and vendor have been changed. It is still an excellent serger but not quite as good a deal now.

UPDATE: Machine is still a bad a#%.... No issues. No problems. Literally never had an issue with tension. If I ever need to change the tensions, the basic suggestions online and in the manual have worked flawlessly. I keep her tidy with a stiff paintbrush and i also purchased a very fancy Mini attachment set for my Miele vacuum as the cheap ones just don't fit that vac. I would highly recommend buying a mini attachment set and use it instead of a mini vac as the suction power is just not enough. DO NOT USE CANNED AIR. Look into it, if you want. I just don't because my favorite sewing blog said never do it (Sewing Out Loud podcast). I would say this machine is my favorite machine, but I just purchased a Juki coverstitch and have not used it yet... lol we shall see who I love more! Newer to sewing ( only about a year), and have never ever serged a single thing before this evening. Spent hours (and hours) lusting after Baby Locks on youtube. Realized after seeing just the preowned prices that I will always buy a new car instead of a serger... and readjusted my thinking to one that matched reality. My subsequent hours of research led me to choose the Juki over the Brother, Singer or Janome. I received the machine today. I threaded it immediately. I DID watch many videos on the topic, and am a visual learner. I successfully threaded in about 5 mins, and test stitched with no issues with tension after. I will note that I have no children, excellent vision, a lot of "free time" and a large workspace. These factors may have made the whole deal easier for me, but I am telling you- this thing is unreal. I literally kissed it before I pried myself away from her to go to bed at 1 am. I sew almost exclusively with knits, and within 30 minutes of ownership, JUKI has changed my life. The feel of the machine is dense, compact, quality. Like a super expensive industrial thing. Nothing frilly or brittle or wobbly or shaky. Just - hardcore. YET- friendly and sexy and enjoyable to touch. I HIGHLY suggest you give this amazing machine a try, even if (like me) you have to spend a bit longer watching youtube videos abut it whilst you save up for her.

I have never had a serger, so this is all new territory. But WOW! So cool, and this little machine is great. It's super quiet for a serger, as many of them are quite loud. This one is not loud or annoying and could be used after the family is asleep as it's about the same noise as a sewing machine. It comes pre-threaded, so if you have heard all about how sergers are difficult to thread have no fears because this one is threaded so that you can simply tie your cone thread onto the pre-threaded and then run it through the machine. No need to un-thread. It took about 15 mins to open, set up and figure out. I sat down immediately and made my first serger project on it, which was a serger thread catcher (video on YouTube) and the machine worked great and the thread catcher is awesome. It's always nice to get off on the right foot. The machine has a differential feed, which affects how much ruffle you put into the fabric. It has a small footprint, about 10 inches wide and it comes with a cover and many little accessories. Juki provides great accessories with all of their machines such as a full size screwdriver, tweezers, machine covers, spool holders, and machine oil and other goodies. The stitches are beautiful and the knife cuts like butter. I am just beginning my journey with a serger so I have a lot to learn but this machine is so affordable I am happy to have added it to my arsenal of sewing goods. I hope to be able to make some knit clothing for the grand baby due in a few months.

This is my second MO-654. I sold the first one because I got an industrial serger, then I moved to a smaller space and could not bring my industrial, so, I bought a new MO-654. It was fabulous then, and it's fabulous now. Never selling this one (unless I move to Europe!) Super smooth. It comes already threaded: PRO TIP. Do NOT unthread this machine when you get it, and try to rethread it. Just tie your new thread with the loose threads that they tie on the little knob on top of the machine, matching the colors in the thread holder to the colors of the front of the machine. I included a video for your review, also DO NOT adjust the tension. Working with a serger can be challenging, and Juki sends the machines to us fully adjusted so you can just start to serge. This is also the reason why they send it fully threaded. Yes, you will eventually have to rethread your machine and adjust the tension to fit your specific project (although it IS much easier to change your thread out using the method of knot feeding as described in my video rather than fully threading it yourself. It will be unavoidable at some point in your sewing life, but for now, just knot it and fee the thread through until you are forced to fully thread your machine for whatever reason). Before you willy-nilly start to mess with tension, try to sew using the pre-set tension, it may work for your project. If you are having issues, go to youtube and look at some videos about tension setting for this specific machine because once you start messing with those knobs, and until you are a pro with this machine, you will create a ton of headache (and heartache) for yourself. Over time you will learn to set the tension and to thread this thing. For now happy sewing. Juki sets it up so it's easy to ease into serging right out of the box!!

I bought this as my first ever serger and would recommend it to those looking to do the same. Threading the machine was not hard, and I quite enjoyed learning the inner workings of the machine in the process. I have only used the standard 4 thread overlocking stitch, but was very pleased with how clean and professional it works. Compared to my sewing machine, the serger stitches very fast! I cannot compare this to other sergers as I've never used one before. As others have stated, the machine doesn't have a scrap bin. This does not bother me.

LOVE LOVE LOVE this serger!!!! It's easy to use, not too difficult to thread, and runs SOOOOOO smoothly. It's built like a tank, and there is NO vibration on my table when I am using it. Lots of quality for a reasonable price. Highly recommend! Looking forward to a long creative relationship !!!!

I owned the Brother 1034D for a few years before deciding to upgrade. I sew for a few baby apparel companies and regularly need to serge knits. To my great surprise, the first Juki sent to me actually broke within 3 days. I did nothing out of the ordinary -- it just clunked and the loopers got out of whack and wouldn't pass each other. Amazon quickly sent me a replacement, which has been working fine so far, fingers crossed. I can only compare it to my Brother as I haven't serged with another model, so that's the perspective I have. Pros: - Fast and smooth - Superior stitch quality to my Brother - Sews thin and thick fabrics well -- passes over thick seam intersections no problem. Stitches are nice and flat even on single layers of thin drapey fabrics. Cons: - More tedious to thread. - Threads are exposed instead of "laid in," so I'm always catching stuff on them accidentally and getting them tangled up - Differential feed adjustment doesn't work as well. On my Brother I can crank up the differential feed and tension to gather fabric really tightly. The highest differential feed ratio on the Juki still stretches out knit fabrics, no matter how I adjust the presser foot pressure. On some projects I still use my Brother for this reason. - Presser foot lever is around the back left of the machine, which is harder to reach as a right-hander. I prefer the Brother's lever that is on the right front of the machine.

Fantastic machine, it exceeded my expectations, quiet and steady and the quality of the stitches is gorgeous and absolutely impressive!!! (Be aware that this machine is an American spec so it runs on 110 volts only!) so if you are using it on a 220V socket make sure you are using a converter.

De machine prachtig oogt maar bijna onbruikbaar vanwege ontbreken van gebruiksaanwijzing in het Nederlands. Wel div talen gebr aanwijzing. Dan is uitleg moeilijk.

Génial, super surjeteuse a un prix très correcte !!! Facile d'utilisation, avec une utilisation des agréable.

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Excellent overlocker. Small, quiet and easy to use. Australians please be aware you will have to buy a step down transformer if you want to use in Australia.