I bought this machine to use for daily sewing. I don't think it was made for that much use. The death of the machine happened 8 months after I got it when I dropped the feed dogs, they would not come back up. I have seen others comment on the same problem. So, just don't ever drop the feed, and you should be okay...but it's a feature that SHOULD work if it's on the machine. Not a very good machine, quality wise either.