I went to Lowes Hardware store and bought some plastic washers that were about the width of the braces that were broken and glued them to the inside of the base. I also bought some bigger metal washers to put the screw that holds the base on it to make it nice and tight......worked for me! I wish I had that machine here at my dad's because I would take pictures and show you what I did. I won't be back home until the first week in November now it looks like and if you haven't fixed it by then I will take pictures so you can see.