We’ve been making slow progress getting the machine up and running. It has 2 windows computers and a microprocessor on it and they all need to communicate. When we first turned on the computer with the internet connection it automatically updated itself and the others didn’t recognize it any more. We got that straightened out, and discovered it needed new canvas leaders. The PO had modified them and they needed to be brought back to stock configuration. Then we didn’t have enough red snappers – just one thing after another.
The PO has not been able to help because she is in hospice and doesn’t speak any more. Her husband made the sale to us and he doesn’t know anything about it, so we are flying on our own here. The good news is every time we tinker with it we discover another option that was added to it. We got a fantastic bargain on this. When we add up all the options we know about it comes to $44,000.
We have done a bit of practicing and need to do more, but MrsWD really needs to get this one quilt out. The basic functions of the machine are good enough for that, so we’ve suspended experimenting and gone straight to production for this one quilt.
I'm planning to make a video once we get back to experimenting.
