By the way, after completing a second practice sandwich on the quilting beast, I noticed bits of black, rubbery flakes all around the machine, so until I can get the motor repaired, no more LAQ-ing for me. I am really sad. I was ready to quilt a real quilt on it. The brushes look fine, so it's something more internal and more involved that I do not believe I can take care of myself without someone in the know guiding me. But I have not taken it into a repair shop because one of the long bolts that go through the inside of the motor housing to hold it onto the motor-mounting bracket has stripped threads and will not let the nut come loose. And the minute a small motor repair shop hears it's on a sewing machine, they balk. So until I can just bring them a little motor that makes a belt turn, well... I'm kind of stuck. I think I have a neighbor who can cut the bolt and free the motor from the machine.
