I'm totally no help because I'm still trying to come up with a way of controlling the foot pedal so that I don't either take off like a race horse or am left standing at the gate sewing in the same hole over and over...Best I have come up with is a book just a little bit shorter than the pedal and keeping half my foot on the book and half on the pedal..it keeps it going at the same pace while I move the fabric on the top supposedly at the same speed....like driving with a loose steering wheel and no brakes....LOL Long for a new machine that has the needle down position, and speed control till then I just keep hoping it will get better...going to put my practice pieces together in a rag quilt/wall hanging...a good laugh anyway.