Even with a huge sewing table to support my quilt and my machine flush with the surface, for me, adding the Slider made it even easier to FMQ, much easier.

The Juki is set into the SewEzi table. The slider makes it hard to change the bobbin on the Juki. I had a Brother 1500 with the same type of problem, but fixed it by removing the bobbin cover door which is easily done on the Brother. Not so on the Juki with the way the door is hinged.

I have cats, can't control the cat hair as the cats are more important, and the sliders need to be taped down or frequently washed to stick. Taping them down makes a bobbin change worse.

If you have a bobbin top loader, you probably also have to move the slider. Front loading machines like my Pfaff 2170 are no problem.

As for using silicone spray - spray it onto a clean cloth, then rub it on table. No residue flying around to get into machine.

Have one but never use it. Just another gadget to spend money on.

I'd really like to try the teflon cookie sheet liner. Someone told me they just laid some of the cellophane (for wrapping gifts, not the food kind) on their sew table, and that worked. Some of those gadgets are just out of my price range.

I use a Teflon oven liner. I do find it helpful (and it was cheaper). I also use machingers. Those gloves make a huge difference for me.

I did the same thing. I was able to take the stitches out of mine.

I have supreme slider which makes it easier to move quit around ,however I have found that a teflon oven liner is so much larger and works much better. Bought mine at Walmart for just under 9 dollars.

I quilt on an old fashioned formica table, and wax the top occasionally...it slides so well that I had to put the left side next to a wall because the quilt kept sliding right off of it. My machine is also dropped down into a cut out in the table, so everything is flat, and slippery!

There is a product called carnuba wax that works really well. Just apply on a cloth and polish with another. Works really well.

I use stiff window plastic, taped to the machine platform, so that the quilt slides off at a slant toward the table, and put a shelf paper "cuff" around the fingers of each hand. I find that easier than pulling the machingers off and on to reposition. It's the flexible stuff that looks like little beads with holes between. Both ideas came from this board.

When I first got the Juki, I didn't sink it into the table because of the bobbin position, so it was very hard to move the quilt, even with the excellent (and smooth enough, so I thought) extended platform. I called the store, researched online, and tried everything I could think of. Finally, in despair, I appealed to the board, and several really experienced quilters reached out to help. I will always be grateful.

hugs,
Charlotte