I, too, am glad your machine is up and running. I have a 1947 featherweight and I love it. Sometimes it gets a little moody, but I have found that there are some threads it just does not like without changing the tension quite a bit. I also have a Janome 6600, which I also love but, as long as I am not appliqueing (sp), I will always take my featherweight with me. Happy quilting.