Trip1050 Report post Posted January 12, 2017 Hey all, been browsing a while and wanted to thank you all for the great insight and tips! I'm looking to replace a clutch motor on my wife's Juki 5550N that has gone belly up. I was about to purchase the reliable SewQuiet 6000sm but came across the Sailrite Workhorse servo that apparently came out a week ago. Between these two, what would you go with? On one hand the reliable has gone through many gens to work out the bugs and is apparently very good. On the other is Sailrite, a great company with a great reputation...but a brand new design that hasn't been market tested yet. Specs are pretty much identical aside from Sailrite offering a 2 year warranty vs Reliable of only 1 year. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts, thanks in advance!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wizcrafts Report post Posted January 12, 2017 Since servo motors can and do fail, it is important to buy them from a dealer who will send a replacement out if a failure occurs within the warranty period. Some dealers may wait until they receive your motor (and confirm the defect to get their credit) before agreeing to ship a replacement to you. This leads to down time on your part. So, choose to buy from a supplier who will use phone or video confirmation and ship you a replacement with a return label in the box. If you are close to the dealer, picking up and dropping off motors is much simpler and a no-brainer. Price doesn't enter into it once you get a year or two of real use on a good motor. Go for quality and replacement policy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OLDNSLOW Report post Posted January 12, 2017 I was curious so I googled the motor to see what it looked like because every new whizz bang contraption that comes out claims to be the best on the market bar none. And sho nuff that looks just like some of the other servo motors on the market just a little different color. so with that being the case take a look at some of the servos that are offered by some of the vendors here on this site. And like Wizz ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ above said you will find that you can get a comparable motor with great service and most likely save a few bucks because the name is a little different. I'm done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sonydaze Report post Posted January 12, 2017 I think that the difference is often only a different paint and a different label. I would follow the good advise of Wiz. I have had a circuit board and a positioner fail over time (I have several machines changed to servo motors). They were a minimal inconvenience because I deal with a really good dealer. Also look for a plugin on the motor or controller for powering a light... they are convenient. Some motors have them and some don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dikman Report post Posted January 12, 2017 Looks pretty neat, but probably just a re-design of an existing model in order to make it look like something super-dooper. Bear in mind that the problem with an all-in-one unit like that, particularly with push buttons to change settings, is that to actually change anything you have to get down on your knees underneath the unit to get to it! If it has a knob and is underneath at least it will be easier to adjust. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brmax Report post Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) I seen that the other day, along with the black machine, another new product and hey! each company has their positives. The motor does look very similar to the 6000SQ, it didn't show a smaller pulley as I would promote but with the 5550 machine keeping the speed may be her priority. I suspect we are going to see many more in our future as a lot have been sold "less" housings and adapted very well as several on the site here have posted in years past. Honestly I have purchased from the company Reliable, and can say its ok, I wonder where to put exchange rate in my accounts? On a better approach to motor vendors, I will say is Keystone is a supplier and is clearly the motor dealer I happen to use and feel they have several great products brands. Sew Quiet also being one of many offered, take a look when ya get a chance. The motor switching as mentioned is a good point, something I haven't found a problem with on the flatbeds sewing, now some may want to switch up speed for bobbin winding. I agree its useful if a main switch at front table edge as I have on flatbeds. A setup on cylinder arm machines aren't to bad to adjust speed or reset if needed at motor. Again agree a main and or speed switch option on table edge would be the icing on the cake. Good day Floyd Edited January 12, 2017 by brmax Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
