Really sorry Steve for having received your machine that way. We just about gave up shipping from anyone on ebay and elsewhere. We had one packed similar to this with only one piece of paper thrown in the box, nothing else. It was professionally packed by a UPS store. The machine and wood cover were totally trashed, just in little bitty pieces. Don't know how it got to my house without it falling out of the box. We took pics of all the damaged machines we got shipped to us, wish I could find that. One seller said we didn't pay much for it so what was the problem? Very interesting guy! So sad.