I have one that my neighbor got for me about 12 yrs ago. The first thing I made on it was a dress for her granddaughter. Then my honey made a wooden holder for it for me. It sits on top of the holder, basically a board the machine is mounted to that can come off the main part of the holder. Inside are metal rods that hold spools of thread. This way I can have all the thread right there feeding into the machine with no troubles. Should dig it out and use it again, but just no time right now.