At the last workshop I attended I found out about the rubber doorstops. They are great! Got them at my local Dollar Store.

I do the same thing as Suzie does. My husband cut it wide enough to have it brought out far enough from the wall behind my machine and it works great. I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have the wall as a brace for the wood.

I got so frustrated I finally put nails in the floor to cage the sucker! Really!

My next project is to glue side walls on the white parts either side of the black plate. I'm constantly groping for the "sweet spot" and having shoes catch on either side. ArgggggH. This too, shall be overcome!

Know what else those door stops are good for? When you really want to see your work up close, put two door stops in behind your machine to have the bed tilted towards you!

This was my thought, too. Set something heavy in front of it.

Kitsie, I tried this once but the door stops kept sliding. Is there a solution to that?

I'm not sure you have the right idea. Or maybe my old machine is just good and heavy. I've shown here just one on my little craft machine, but I actually used two under the back edge of my old machine before I got an extension table for it. Here is a picture of one of the stops and one shown with it under the machine. Using these will tilt the bed of the machine down towards you.

Thanks Aussie, I have to use a table top, but not because I'm short, I just don't have a cabinet for my machine. I think I will try the door stops, I've heard of slanted wood under machines to give them a tilt, and the door stops before also, but have never tried either. My shoulders have been giving me fits when I sew, so I am going to try the door stops. Thanks for the tip.

I tried that but mine is the accordian type (pushes down towards the back) and the foot would ride up over the wood and I couldn't use it. I am going to try the velcro trick. It might just work!

As I have said many times, IF more men were sewers or more women were engineers we would have state of the art sewing machines that work just as we want them to! Can you imagine a man using a power tool that is as finicky as a sewing machine? It would be trashed after one weekend!