Sandra Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Can someone who has an IQ on a Millennium please post some pictures of how the motors are actually mounted onto the carriage of the machine. I know what the tablet mounted on the machine looks like. TIA, Sandra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veg-girl Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Does this help? The front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veg-girl Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 The back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veg-girl Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Basically its just 2 little black boxes plus a few wires. It is brilliant. Yvette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Sandra, are you the same person who asked on the IQ Group site? Veg-girls pics are good. I love my IQ!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katydids Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 great pictures. Thank you. I understand that you can just hit a button to disengage the computer. How does that work? Is it just that those little wheels riding along the rails raise up and that lets you go freehand? how much weight or drag does that add to the system? I would love to see more of the wiring, etc. Say you were to dismantle your machine quite a bit. How easy is it to disassemble and reassemble the computer set up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Patty, you are correct. When you touch the manual button the wheels raise and off you go, nothing to adjust or unhook. I couldn't/can't tell any difference in the weight/drag of my machine with the IQ. I'm not a dealer but Jessica is, she can answer all your questions. I can send you more pics if you send me an email. Everything is easy to take off and put back on. Veg-girl may have more answers and pics to put on here also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veg-girl Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 The little wheels you can see are the sensor wheels telling the IQ where the machine is in space. The drive wheels are under the black box and lift up and down at the touch of the button so you can baste the sides of the quilt as you advance or add any freehand squiggles in the middle of using the IQ, nothing to unplug, its so quick and easy. The tablet comes off by twisting the clip that holds it secure. To take apart your machine you only need to unplug the power source, as far as I can see everything else stays on the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinneaMarie Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 ok, so where's the computer screen? Or is there no screen? I did not see a screen. Oh yea, inquiring minds.............:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veg-girl Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 This is the thread breakage sensor wheel. You wrap your thread around it once or twice. If the thread breaks it stops rotating. If your bobbin runs out it also stops rotating though it takes a little longer to react Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veg-girl Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 This shows the extra wires on the side of the machine head,the coonection to the thread breakage sensor wheel and the connection to the computer tablet and down intothe handles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veg-girl Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 And hopefully this shows you the computer tablet mounted on the top of the heads of the machine at about head height when standing so that it is there iin front of you as you work on the machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veg-girl Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 If you can afford it then go for it. It has transformed my approach to quilting. Pantos are a doddle as you can set it up and let the machine do all the work for you while you do other things such as pinning the next backing on ( I use zippers), cutting binding, doing paper work on the computer, drinking coffee etc. I can also now do those quilts that need 20 identical feather blocks plonked in the quilt. My freehand skills are not good enough to repeat a large motif and have them all look the same. It has certainly speeded things up for me. The back up and support from Zoltan has been very good and there is lots of help on the IQ yahoo forum and videos on You-tube. I've had my IQ 3 months now and just wish I had got it sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Let me add that the tablet is light weight and comes off the machine when you want. Once off the machine you can sit and play, practice or design your next quilt. IQ provides practice lessons free for you to play with, they're called Boosters. When they come out with an upgrade it's free and usually followed with Boosters for the new featuress. Service it top notch, in fact if anyone finds a bug in the program Zoltan fixes it and sends out an upgrade. He really listens to what we want in fact he has a wish list which he tries to incorporate into his upgrades. When I go camping or long rides in the car I take my IQ tablet with me and have a blast. It has a battery just like a laptop and you can get an extra ac adapter cord to use when it's off the machine to keep it charged. Did I say I love, love my IQ.:cool::cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Posted February 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Yes, Connie, I'm the same Sandra. Thanks for your help with the pix. I am to have my IQ installed this afternoon. I'm kind of nervous as I am totally a custom quilter but I'm looking forward to trying to get this system to do what I do without me doing it! Ha, Ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Posted February 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Veg-Girl, What great pix. Thank you. Thank you. Sandra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Sandra, congrats. Let us know what you think. The learning curve is short you'll be IQn in no time. Veg-girl great pics!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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