It has served it’s purpose. It sews. But I have never had success with any of the decorative stitches. They don’t come out the way they are supposed to and so I dont do them (which is bad because one of the features is all the stitches). It is loud and clunky. No amount of cleaning and oiling will change that. One annoying thing is if you do take your foot off the presser foot and want to continue sewing sometimes it won’t allow you to continue so you have to press it again.

Also sometimes I have major problems changing the stitch length/width. I’ll have to slide it back and forth a few times before it registers and beeps.
Rating: 3 / 5

what i like:

auto threader, decorative stitches, the led light,

what i dont like:

that said the 7462 is a very lightweight delicate machine. it does amazing decorative stitches with adjustable length and width, but it doesnt Like to do them. the machine whines, tensions have to be adjusted just so, threading has to be to a T, etc. that is a major discouragement b/c i originally bought it for those stitches.

also, ive already had to adjust the bobbin tension (even though it says you wont have to) and it sounds like it needs to be oiled after a week.

ive already sewed a couple of garments in the short time ive had it, besides numerous smaller projects. overall… i like what it can do, but wish it was better manufactured.

Rating: 3 / 5

the “auto-tension” feature is hardly automatic. the “auto” setting is only good for 2 layers of light- to moderate-weight fabrics. forget trying to sew boucle or more than 2 layers of denim with this machine. stick to broadcloth and thinner denims. of course, you can only sew these fabrics if the bobbin works.

the bobbin cradle (where you lay the top-loading bobbin) broke yesterday afternoon, and now i’ve gotta buy a replacement. i was sewing two layers of boucle with mild thread, and the machine jammed. i thought, “well, that’s normal for this machine,” and went about un-jamming it. when i went back to sew, it did it again, something that hardly happens for another 10 minutes. after a disassembly of the bobbin area, i determined a piece on the bobbin cradle had broken off. “great,” i thought, “now i need to buy a replacement cradle.”

this machine is not worth the money. if you want something that breaks, go with a lesser model and save some money. replacement parts aren’t cheap on this, either, since it’s a relatively new model. my ‘78 Singer tears through thicker fabrics with light and heavy threads like nobody’s business, but this newer model breaks its own parts within 7 months of being set up. my advice: stay away from Model 7462.
Rating: 2 / 5

First, the lighting stinks. Second, it’s LOUD. If you get to pumping away at a long line of stitching, it’s like a jackhammer. Then there’s the godforsaken foot pedal. Irritating? You bet! It seems to either go slow or super fast and is clunky and unnatural. I have to use a bare foot to be able to grasp it with my toes to massage it to go a decent speed without jerking into super speed. Trying to get it to maintain a comfortable speed is hard work. If you step on the pedal and remove your foot, and then try to step on it again again right away, the pedal fails to work at all if you haven’t allowed the needle unit to stop. It can be super annoying.

The last complaint I will voice is the fact that I am having one heck of a time getting thread that agrees with the machine. Yes, I’ve cleaned the machine. Yes, I’ve oiled the machine. Yes, I’ve adjusted the tension up or down. Yes, I’ve changed needles…bought good thread…am using “Singer” products…sacrificed a goat and did a rain dance…but the thread is forever clumping around the top of the needle and snapping off. No matter what I do thus far, I can’t seem to solve that problem.

All in all, I am frustrated with this machine. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. You know that saying “you get what you pay for”? Well, if only that were true in this case! I haven’t even gotten what I paid for!
Rating: 2 / 5

Once I had mastered the basic techniques of attaching the various elements of lace to lace & then progressed to using other mediums such as faggoting, something I had not even looked at in the fabric store, I was led as if in a class of students by the author to produce the most wonderful Baby Bonnet made of a combination of laces, swiss embroidery & delicate fabric in just under an hour. This I know would have taken 3 times as long by conventional machine. All the projects in the book include patterns & step by step instructions to made items as diverse as a potpouri Bag to the most delicate underwear.

I would recommend anyone with a serger to read this book & be assured that they will never look at the machine in the same way again.
Rating: 5 / 5