Old 01-17-2016, 05:43 PM
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Alice PD
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In response to you question Kalama Quilts: My cabinet is a Koala. The machine raises and lowers into the cabinet with an electric motor. Then I have a plastic insert which creates a flat surface for sewing. The Big Look sits under the machine, then the arm goes up past the plastic insert (which has an open space toward the far right of the machine). Your setup looks like you would need to modify your cabinet. I bet you could do it, but it would be tricky.

In response to your question Solomae: The magnifier can easily be moved (slid) right to left, and it swings up and down easily too. At first I was having trouble when it came to threading my machine (not the needle, just the machine) I actually had to think about it.....It had become so routine that I was used to not having to think about it. Anyway, what I have to do differently (because the magnifier is in front of where the thread goes when you thread the machine) is that I pivot the magnifier up, then thread the machine, then pivot the magnifier back into place. It is very easy to do.

I appreciate the Big Look sooooooo much. I am a perfectionist and this has made perfect points easier, FMQ easier, and straight 1/4" sewing easier. No more tension in my neck and shoulders, as well as the added reduced eye strain benefit. It took a day or two to get used to. I kept bumping it at first and it would kind of vibrate when I knocked it, but now I don't even notice it. I guess, just like the threading process, it has become routine.
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