Boy, I am really LUCKY! My sisters brother-in-law used to repair machines at Jo-Ann's years ago. All I have to do is call him up and when I go to his house, he will actually repair it while I wait, and visit with his wife. He will never take anything for doing it, because we are family. I always make sure I take something that my husband made. My dh is Mexican, and can this man cook. All I have to do is take some tamales, enchiladas, whatever, and he is thrilled to death. And I leave with a working machine.