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[Char]

A friend gave me a juki 8300N that for sure needs some work. Most of it I can probably do myself, however it looks like the presser foot pressure button broke off and can’t be screwed out. Is it worth getting fixed?

[JimmieJoe]

What do you plan to use it for?
While it is an industrial machine, it appears to be light to medium material. Not heavy material such as upholstery materials.

[Ron Henningsen]

A quick Google search showed that the Leatherworks.net had a posting answer from Wizcrafts that said amoung other things the following:
The 8300N is a very high speed tailoring machine. It uses thin thread, has weak tension springs suited to cotton or polyester garment thread, has a fine tooth 4 row feed dog, and prefers to be run at about 91 stitches per second - to distribute the oil from the sump pump to the ends of the wicks. It will sew about 1/4 inch of cloth, using system DBx1 needles, ending at number 18. The thread handling limit would be no more than B69.
In other words no it's not a suitable machine for sewing upholstery or heavier material.

[Ron Henningsen]

The last sentence was my comment not part of what Wizcrafts posted.