Update on the Lace machine. After solely running this machine for the past few weeks all of it's annoying quirks started to come through. If (and that's a big if) you can get the right amount of tension on the needle (b/c someone thought it'd be a good idea to only be able to secure the needle up at the top, you know, as far away from the tip as possible) it'll run great until your rubber band moves, wind blows, etc then you get annoying needle rattle, vibration, the machines runs inconsistent, etc. The vice is ok, not great. I really wanted to like this thing and gave it a real honest effort but once the "new machine feel" wore off (kind of like the honeymoon period of a new girlfriend haha) I became more and more unimpressed with it. The fact it can be autoclaved is nice, I really like that but not really a necessity if you bag and clean your machine and being able to adjust stroke and give on the fly is nice too but the needle tension issue just got way too annoying for me to deal with. This machine needs quite a bit of refining in my opinion. I'll be going back to my Gen 8's. Hopefully someone perfects this magnetic drive concept soon b/c being able to change stroke and hit on the fly without stopping or putting anything down or tools is pretty awesome. A for effort but these guys got some bugs to work out of this thing if they're going to compete with other machine builders. In my opinion, fuck the brushless motor, get a good motor so you don't need a special power supply or cord, a good quality needle bar tensioner to get the perfect amount of tension every time without fucking with rubber bands so machine runs smooth and consistent and be able to adjust stroke and hit easily on the fly with no tools through a bag, 3-4 ounce machine weight. There is definitely potential in magnetic drive rotaries. Maybe Clark perfected it with his new machine he posted?? I'd be curious to see a video of it running.