Hi Linda - I didn't have a serger but I do have a Riccar DM. I love it. Very heavy duty for back in the days when I had a business making drapes. I could go through 16 thicknesses of fabric with it and I had to go slow, but with a #18 needle (aka nail) I could bar tack those pleats in place like nobody's business. I still use it as it has a size L bobbin like our APQS and I use it as my bobbin winder. If they make as good of a serger as they did a DM, I would buy it in a heartbeat.