Pocoellie----I just cannot bring myself to get rid of it. Perhaps someday I can build a shelf big enough to just display it. But I will not send it to the trash. My father bought me this machine, and I cannot count the number of projects he and I created with this machine. ----Ourworkbench--I have the original manual and have tried the troubleshooting sections. I do fear that there are plastic parts that have broken. Maybe I will have to just shelf it, but thought I would try to seek others advice.