Mine was a used Gammill She was a quilter and made me try it there first to see if I could do it Before she would even considering selling to me because I would be getting her client list as well. Did she sell her quilts? so could check with them to see how the stitches were? no skips ,loops ect.?Not sure how you check to see how many hours are on machine. I have since upgraded and ol'machine moved on again. Wish you well