My dealer offers classes open to everyone, if you recently bought the machine, you can get one class for free.
The prostitcher is really nice, and you can get free upgrades from HQ and you don't need to prove anything to get them. the new PRO serious for the prostitcher is super nice, it's been out for a few years now. It's fun to FMQ when you want, but super nice to do an all over pattern with the machine when you need to get something done.
And if it's an older fusion, you can buy the digital tension assembly and more lights, and the different feet - and lots of other fun stuff (like the side holders for the front bar). I've bought lots of upgrades for my Fusion that came out after I bought it.
when I bought my machine, it came in several large boxes and DH and I set it up ourselves. A year later I added the prostitcher and DH and I did that ourselves. Then a few years later we built a building and took it down so we could move it. We had to take it fully down as we could not fit it through the doorways. Got it set back up and it's been working fine. Main thing is to get it level, and follow the procedure to get your tracks parallel. There is info online about how to do that.
DH has done all the servicing on my machine. He's friends with the service guys where we bought it (over an hour away).
My dealer sells a lot of thread, needles, accessories and service - and they'd loose a lot supply sales if they didn't treat everyone well, regardless of where the machine was bought.
Last edited by Macybaby; 12-08-2018 at 07:10 AM.