I have a question for those of you with vintage machines from European manufacturers. I was interested in a machine via CL until I found out it was using a converter. I did some reading on them and I'm still uneasy about buying a machine that needs a converter to work here on our power. I passed on the machine as I would rather wait for one that was sold to the U.S. market and 110volts. Do any of you have machines that use converters and have there been any problems using one?