Snowflake Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Congratulations Terri, a piece of advice from a "newbie"..read, read, read, everything on this forum, even if you don't quite understand what the subject is, it will come in handy for a question of your own one day and you will remember reading something and you may have to ask it again, but this forum is FABULOUS for help and so is Dawn and Amy with APQS. Welcome to the forum, congratulations and have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoleneFaye Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 How do you determine the age of a Millennium when looking at used ones? Is it stamped on the machine somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachside Quilter Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 How do you determine the age of a Millennium when looking at used ones? Is it stamped on the machine somewhere?Welcome to the forum, Jolene! Different generations of Millenniums have distinguishing characteristics - basically pre 2008 Millie's have a fluorescent light bar and dial indicators (similar to speedometer dial on automobile) with a needle that marks the speed or SPI. The 2008 to 2013 models have LED lights and bar style gauge with a turtle symbol at slow end and rabbit symbol at the higher speed/SPI end. These Millie's may also have optional M&M wheels, Bliss, and Quilt Glide. Handle controls are mushroom style with 4 buttons. The "new gen" was introduced in 2013 and is the current production model featuring one button handle controls, touch screen controls on the head faceplate. Most models serial numbers are on the inside throat; you can verify the year of production with APQS by this s/n. The current head and tables are pearl white. Pre 2008 tables had square leg frame, post 2008 are round legs, silver head, black table frame.Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunningThreads Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 Jolene Vickie has covered it well. The round leg tables were around earlier than 2008 because our Millennium came with them in Feb 2006. I don't think the age of the machine is all that important as a well maintained 10 year old machine should stitch as well as a new one. In my opinion the condition of the table rails would be the most important. The edges where the wheels ride must be free of nicks and dents. Sometimes that kind of damage can be repaired but if you have to replace those rails they are expensive and costly to ship. Pretty much anything else needed service wise you can do yourself inexpensively with the help of the factory. Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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