Any machine knitters here?

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I'm just getting back into it after a brief return last year and a longer gap from previous attempts. I have a Brother KH-860 with which I was trying to use a punchcard yesterday but it was making a hell of a racket. Turns out one side of the sinker plate was too tight against the gate pegs - all fixed now.
This is a machine I bought inexpensively from ebay and serviced myself. It isn't the first time I've completely stripped down a machine to give it a good going-over, as I did it with my first one (an 830).
Now I just have to cast on over all 200 needles as I have a shawl to knit for a friend's mum. I still haven't got the hang of doing the weaving cast-on so it's good old e-wrap.
This is a machine I bought inexpensively from ebay and serviced myself. It isn't the first time I've completely stripped down a machine to give it a good going-over, as I did it with my first one (an 830).
Now I just have to cast on over all 200 needles as I have a shawl to knit for a friend's mum. I still haven't got the hang of doing the weaving cast-on so it's good old e-wrap.
"...And if it don't feel good, what are you doing it for?" - Robbie Williams - 'Candy'
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