Product Description

The 2340CV Cover Stitch is an advanced serger, which allows you to create a wide range of cover stitches on all types and weights of fabric for both decorative and constructive applications. Expand your creativity with the 2340CV's advanced technology. It features a tri-cover stitch, wide and narrow cover stitches, color- coded threading, easy looper threading, adjustment dials for stitch length, a presser foot dial, snap on feet and differential feed which allows you to alter the speed at which your fabric is feeding through the machine. With 3 needles and one looper thread, the cover stitch machine creates professional hems, chain stitch and decorative stitching great for making the perfect T-shirt in no time!

Wide variety of cover stitches, from utility to decorative:

Professionally finish edges with single or dual top-stitching look. Finish interior edges and attach decorative edging at the same time. Create durable strapping for swimsu its and dance garments, chain stitch finish for hems or belt loops.

Color-coded upper thread dials and looper thread guides:

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Brother 2340CV Serger Cover stitch
Threads:	2/3/4
Number of Needles:	Three
Stitch Length(mm):
Stitch Width (mm):	3.0 or 6.0
Differential Feed:	0.7 - 2.0
Thread Tension System:	Manual
Maximum Sewing Speed (Stitches Per Minute:)	1100 SPM
Model:	2340CV

Allows for easy threading.

1-2-3 needle options:

Utility, flatlock and decorative stitches have even more possibilities with a variety of needle positions

Stitch Length 2.0mm to 4.0mm:

Suitable for many types of projects

Fast-easy looper threading system:



Color coded with thread management guides to assure proper thread delivery

Slide lever adjustment for differential feed:

Numerically coded guides for specialty threads; spool guides and thread nets for serger thread and domestic thread spools.

Presser food presser dial:

Adjustable dial assures consistent fabric delivery

Included Accessories:

Blindstitch foot and gathering foot Other Included Accessories Accessory bag with needle set, thread nets (4), tweezers, spool caps (4), spool mat (4), cleaning brush, hexagonal wrench, soft cover and operation manual.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1477 in Art and Craft Supply
• Color: White
• Brand: Brother
• Model: 2340CV
• Released on: 2011-08-11
• Dimensions: 13.40" h x 15.00" w x 13.00" l,

Features

• Differential Feed
• Chain Stitch Capability
• Two needle 2-3-4 thread cover stitch only
• Cover Stitch Capability 3mm and 6mm
• We do not recommend using this machine in countries that do not support 120V AC even if a voltage adapter is in use.

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Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

82 of 84 people found the following review helpful.
Brother 2340cv Coverstitch machine
By Laurie Gelazin
Just bought this coverhem machine from Kens Sewing. Five minutes after unpack I had a lovely, perfect 8" coverhem sample. That was yesterday. Today I have a lovely, new t-shirt with painless, perfect hems and bound neckline compliments of this machine.

The machine isn't high-end (results are tho) but I'm thinking that it's going to help me puzzle out why my 4yo, $1500 Bernina overlock/chain/coverstitch can't make--never has--anywhere near an acceptable coverstitch let alone a chainstitch.

High-end, schmi-end. This.Bro.works.good

Oh, and, Ken has the best price (far as I can tell) in the US. Also, having fumbled the initial order I created an immediate customer service test. Ken and crew passed w/flying colors. I am one happy camper.

Laurie G

48 of 51 people found the following review helpful.
Great cover stitch machine -- easy to use!
By Beth Fuller
First of all, I would like to point out that the Brother 2340CV is a cover stitch machine -- not a serger! That's why there's no cutting blade. The main purpose of this machine is to make the cover stitch hem that is found on so many RTW garments. (That's the hem with either two or three parallel rows of stitching on top, and the underneath side has looping threads which cover the raw edge.) A high-end serger may also be able to do a cover stitch, but usually requires a complicated conversion process.

I have a Viking Huskylock 936 serger which I invested in partly because of its ability to convert to a cover stitch machine, but I found the conversion process to be difficult and time consuming, and was never pleased with the results. I decided to invest in a separate cover stitch machine, and chose the Brother 2340CV. I absolutely love it! It's a breeze to thread, and the cover stitch it produces is so much nicer than what I was able to make with my serger . I also like that I can keep it set up for hemming, and my serger now stays set up for serging.

The manual tension release.... I was hesitant about this, and wasn't sure I could get used to it. However, the Babylock machine with the automatic tension release was quite a bit more expensive, and I technically didn't even need a cover stitch machine since my serger will convert. So I decided to give this a try, and found the manual release isn't an issue. There are a couple blogs online with tips for using this machine, and one of them had detailed instructions for finishing a seam and releasing the tension. It took me a couple tries, and suddenly I got the hang of it! Once you get the right technique, it's really easy.

One reviewer mentioned problems with stitches. I've had no problems whatsoever. While it's possible she got a lemon, the problems described could also be due to a damaged needle (I use new needles for each project), or using the wro ng type of needles for the fabric. Just something to keep in mind...

My version of this machine came with extra feet for attaching binding and making belt loops. Works beautifully, but once again, tips found on online blogs make these processes much easier.

If you're looking for a great cover stitch machine, I highly recommend this one. Just be aware that this machine is to be used in addition to, and not as a replacement for a serger. It is not a serger!! It would probably be helpful if Amazon updated their description and didn't refer to it as one.

31 of 34 people found the following review helpful.
I've never wanted to throw a machine off the fire escape before
By rachael
What nonsense. This coverhem machine is a carnival of bad design. I have never EVER seen any variety of sewing machine work so poorly right out of the box.... I can only imagine it after several years of growing increasingly temperamental with age.

Gave it a good try, I really did. I was inclined to put the issues down to user error at first, but after 50+ hours on the thing, I think it's just a lost cause. Threading is very straightforward as serger-type machines go, and the product manual is nice and simple.... largely because there's not a lick of troubleshooting or explanation of issues you might face in the fun-times ahead. The "manual tension release" is not a good scene. You must press a separate plastic button for each thread engaged, simultaneously, so up to four at once, using all the fingers of your right hand to "disengage" an amazingly cheap and janky mechanism as with your left you endeavor to coax your (often delicate knit) sewn fabric out from under the presser foot WITHOUT cinching the stitches up tight OR breaking the threads OR tearing holes in the fabric, and all the while, the tension never releases fully, the threads lurch erratically through the tension discs, the stitches invariably get pulled absolutely tight and the piece mangled generally.

I checked and re-checked everything dozens of times to be certain that everything was threaded and seated and tensioned correctly and that I was following the astonishingly complicated fabric-removal procedure properly. Whenever the manual package includes a single loose page, obviously added as an afterthought, advocating a different process for taking out the cloth-- using a SCREWDRIVER-- than the manual describes, you know you are not the first user to experience a problem.

And if you're not having enough trouble getting the fabric out intact after sewing the seam, add the fact that the seam itself is unacceptable: periodically the machine s kips 4-5 stitches on all needles, not engaging the bottom looper at all; also on mine, the left needle snarls on something and breaks its thread an average of three times in the course of a single shirt hem. Absolutely ridiculous. I haven't produced a single professional-quality hem with it yet. I got better-looking results when I used to hem knits by hand. Spare yourself. At this time I don't know what currently available machine to recommend instead, but I certainly hate this one with all my heart.