u/Destany89

So I ordered this for $16. Last pic is the Amazon listing.

It came looks great in the box, while assembling I noticed a hole was missing in one of the parts so luckily my dad helped me drill a hole in the part, he guided me while I did it since I'm not used to using a drill for small pieces like this. He also misunderstood what I wanted and ruined the head piece where hoop goes and that's why it's glued, that wasn't the products fault.

So got it all assembled and the glue cured and the arms slip a lot. I made a post asking for help and someone said to sand it and try any washers. It really helped a lot but I'm still getting rubber washers because joint holding the head slips a little to easy when I bump it but other than that it works good now. Its strong enough now to hold my clip lamp.

I will be writing a review on Amazon. Also it didn't come with directions but instructions are on the listing I included it here so you can get a saved pic of it if you order this because this price is amazing considering other similar ones are 45$ to 60$. I don't have that kind of budget so with some diy this thing is great so far. I don't know if all of them will have the piece without the hole but if you can drill you can fix it. I did forget to take a pic before drilling because it was a frustrating day in general and I was just frustrated so much at that point I forgot the pic but I did take a pic of it after being drilled and a part with a hole already in it to show the difference.

Its a blank slate so definitely gonna make some patches for it.

I have the basics, a needle holder and needles and scissors and heat erase pens.

I have a clip keychain for the embroidery thread of a current project, black and white is always on it because I use them so often. Its great for keeping the thread together.

Magnet clips for office stuff. I prefer these over the needle minders I made because the magnets I got were to small lol but I also use these for the sewing pins as I remove them as I work. The small clamps are for when I work on clothes.

Medical tape for tracing my projects onto water soluble stabilizer from my tablet. It holds the stabilizer.

The blue things are for gripping the needle I used them at first when I made tons of patches but the pliers work better for those tight stitches. The green stuff is grippy shelf or rug stuff it's for my hoop stand to grip my hoop better. I did order a better stand from Amazon it's just taking forever to get here.

And not pictured is of water soluble stabilizer. Also for Android I use Touch Lock to keep the screen from reacting to me while tracing the design.

Anything you use that I don't that might be good for me to use?