We got the MrsWD's new sewing machine (that got the U-Haul thread started) about 90% reassembled. Whew. Glad it went together without any hitches.
It's a 12 foot robotic quilting machine that is pretty cool to watch in action. I never thought I ever own an actual robot.
She was about the pull the trigger on a new one with a base price $18,000, which she optioned up to $38,000. While she was taking one more day to think about it, this one popped up on one of her quilting message boards. It has even more gadgets and do-dads on it than the one she was about to buy. The guy said he paid $43k for it, and was selling it for $24,000. We couldn't get down there to get it fast enough. It has under 2 million stitches on it, which is like 5,000 miles on a new car. It was better than a "good" deal.
Sewing head, X-axis actuator, auto tensioner.
Sewing head at the other end of the quilt frame.
Sewing head, with the sewing head micro-controller and robot programmer computer.