Originally Posted by
lindaschipper
feline fanatic......I was the one who originally went old school with the knitting needle stylus and posted it on the Quilting Board. This can be found under "HOMEMADE PANTOGRAPH STYLUS" by lindaschipper.
Been using this for some months now and it still works for me and a few others who have tried it.
Too funny, I never saw your post and I had to resort to the knitting needle way back in 2011, long before you ever posted it. I had always wondered why they included that huge knitting needle with my machine. When my light went on me, Michael from Innova told me that is how all the longarmers followed pantos before laser lights were common and that is why they used to include one with every machine, it was a real life saver for me as I was in the middle of a customer quilt and needed to finish it. I was so thankful I didn't have to drop everything to run to Walmart to buy one. Clever Innova engineered the laser light holder to easily hold the needle with nothing else. As a result I had mounted mine at an angle not straight up and down like you pictured in your tute. My laser light is mounted the same way, at an angle, not straight up and down.