Product Description

The Janome HD3000 comes with the features you need for great sewing. It's solidly constructed with one-piece aluminum casting. Choose from 18 stitches, including an automatic one-step buttonhole with balance adjuster for precise results on specialty fabrics. The Janome HD 3000 has the Janome top loading jam proof bobbin system, 7-piece feed dog which ensures precision fabric control, drop feed, extra high lift presser foot and so much more. It also comes with a one-hand thread cutter and easy to use snap on feet.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4819 in Art and Craft Supply
• Color: Standard
• Brand: Janome

Features

• 18 Built In Stitches
• Top Drop In Bobbin
• Metal Working Parts

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Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

85 of 85 people found the following review helpful.
LOVE IT!!
By WitchyD
When my old Singer started acting up, I decided it was time to replace it. I did not need or want a digital/electronic machine with a million fancy stitches. I did a lot of research and reading of reviews and settled on this Janome. It has all the basic stitches I need plus a few fancy ones if I'm feeling adventurous. I make bags, so I sew a lot of thicker materials. I have fallen in love with the Tricot stitch (a zig zag stitch with 3 stitches for each zig and three for each zag), and the Triple Strength stitch (awesome for my bags!) I had also forgotten that sewing machines really do sew straight lines without torturing the fabric to make it happen! (LOL) There are a bunch of feed dogs that move the fabric very smoothly. I also love the fact that the top of the machine has a compartment that holds most of your extra feet, some needles, and your thread. I have sewn very light, chiffon type fabrics and slippery fabrics, and they both did well. I am extremely happy with th is purchase.

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful.
A Good Tool for your Tool Belt
By J. Esteban
I saw a video on you tube about this machine which really perked up my interest. ([...]). I've always wanted to learn how to sew and at various times I've tried with my wife's machines but soon there would come a time when the machine just wouldn't sew through the fabrics that I wanted to use. This machine seems to be quite capable to handle the tougher jobs. You just have to be careful with abrupt changes in thickness. One of the great features about this machine is the manual. It's actually very large and easy to read. It doesn't mix several languages altogether into one book and the images are useful even to old guys like me. Although the sewing process forces me to wear my 4X OptiVisor at all times making me look like a jeweler. The machine is rugged and well built and the hard cover is useful and easy to use. I would have liked it to have a little bag for wrapping up all of the cord and the foot control. But I ended making that my first project by making a d raw string bag out of the end of a pant leg from and old pair of jeans that were purchased for a waist much smaller than mine. The needle threader seems fragile but works extremely well and hopefully it will last. I like the fact that you can make buttonholes without using a special foot. I prefer just leaving the zig zag foot on it all of the time and I can make all the stitches I want with that setup. I know there are other more decorative stitches but if I get more than a couple of feet away from anything I can't see them anyway so who cares. I like the way the foot sticks out so that you can sew hems around a pant leg. Hope you enjoy the machine and don't forget to turn your iron off when your done sewing.

67 of 71 people found the following review helpful.
Decent with Drawbacks
By Transatlantique
I ordered this thinking it was going to be like the HD1000, which I liked working on in a local store, but with more bells and whistles. However:

Cons:

The needle threader is the backward version of all the needle threaders on all Janome Machines that I tried, including the HD1000. It pushes the thread from a drop down pin in the front of the needle instead of pulling from the back, with a hook pushed through the needle from behind, to pull the thread through. Instead, this one has to push the little bit of thread it pokes through to the back from the push button pin, and I couldn't see because the pin was blocking my vision as to whether or not it had gone through. I had to use tweezers to grab it and pull it through. Irritating to say the least.
The stitch lever on the side felt cheap and kind of stiff and clunky.
The stitch width and length sliders were also stiff and difficult to position well with confusing markings.
The lid of the storage case in the front flipped backward to where I had to peer over the top of the lid to see or retrieve anything. This isn't like the one on the DC 2011 model though it is configured the same, and the HD1000's lid flipped correctly as if one normally looks into a box to open it from the front.
The reverse lever could have felt less hollow, more tactile and pronounced.
The turn wheel was stiff and needed some traction.
The storage spaces for the feet in the top are nice, but they are difficult for large hands to retrieve.
The tension dial was positioned out of easy sight in the top as well, forcing one to lift upward to set the dial. This is also where the dial for the presser foot was located, but again, not easy to see.
The flip up diagram was a nice idea, but busy and difficult to follow.
The bobbin winder doesn't wind evenly, and is recessed to where one cannot see its progress in regard to that, although it stops when its full.
There is a lot of metal with this machine, but the facade sounds a bit hollow and is plastic unlike the back.
I didn't like the fact that I had to shine a light on the back of the machine to see the plate markings in inches behind the metric markings. Yes, I could have gotten used to that, but it was so shadowed by the foot mechanism that I couldn't see them clearly with the available light on the machine and in the room. The 5/8 line also didn't continue downward to the lower plate, which always helps with consistency.

The Pros:

It is nice and heavy, which deters shifting.
The stitches were pretty and with a width of 6mm.
It is decently quiet, but it seemed that the HD1000 was a little smoother.
The drop in bobbin was easy to load and seemed convenient, though I've heard pluses and minuses about both drop in and vertical hook types.
The presser foot adjustment was a plus and not as common on machines these days.
Th e hard case is okay, but should have some kind of securing mechanism.
The automatic buttonhole foot was also a plus.
There was very decent speed like the HD1000.

In the end, I sent this machine back because of the minor disappointment of the needle threader, which I expected was like all Janome machine's threaders, also because of the cheap feeling plastic front and clunky mechanisms/sliders. The sliders would have been okay if they had been like the old Singer 401a - 500 metal sliding levers with notches. It just didn't feel like it was thought through enough ergonomically, and pushed through to production in a hurry. Some people will be very happy with this machine because it does stitch well. I'm a picky seamster, and easily irritated by sewing machines. It is difficult enough to taylor a pattern, layout, cut, and piece together an article of clothing or project without having to dread the machine. Try them all out if you can before you buy. But this one wasn't the one for me no matter how much I wanted to keep it for the few good things it has, which I will give four stars. If only Janome could have merged the best of the HD1000's solid metal knobbed ergonomics with those good things, it might have been a keeper. Best of luck.