Did you know that each stitch on that dial may be 3 stitches depending on where you set the needle. Take care to clean inside the machine very well before you turn the dials. Any dried up oil can cause the dials not to turn or not to turn right. Once they turn you are in for some WOW. I love having the LCR needle positions on these machines. This will have more stitches than a Singer 401 and others.