There is nothing complicated at all about this machine, you put it on a table, put the extension table onto it, adjust the feet by simple screwing them out until it is level, do as instructed to thread, sometimes the three hole is not needed, sometimes it is, you learn this by doing. The hardest part is getting the bobbin in the correct position and clamped in, it clicks when it is in right. The bobbin is in a very hard place but even my arthritic fingers can manage it. read the instructions on the proper way to cut the bobbin thread the correct length. If you have never had a thread cutter before, you are in for loving it and wishing your other machines had one too. Enjoy, it is one easy machine to learn to use. I haven't regretted one day getting this machine.