I don't find the clutch motor hard to control. In fact a month or so ago I had DH sit at it and use it. He initially said that he'd likely stitch his whole hand before he stopped it but he had no problems with control whatsoever. It's crazy loud though and has developed a "squeak" or "chirp" that has to go so "big and scary" is on my bench at the moment waiting for me to find good resources on the clutch portion of the program.
