Well I am no purist here, and I updated my task lighting, it was poor. Poor lighting leads to me getting a fuggrineedle through my thumby which as one may observe, is, shall we say, well warn. That matters not yall, don't be daft and use some sense in your work. Ok, see? #saftey lessons do not need be boring, as shown above.
Onward, the foot pedal makes it much simpler to go at the curves without readjusting as much. Reason is, you vary your stitches more, the mote you shift and flub around. Longer, aligned sections help very much, requiring both hands if you aren't pinning. I rarely pin since I don't mind a little whimsey in my stitch personally, but would be carfullerish if I was doing showy worl, just am not there yet.

#repairtime

Everything is immediately accessable when the bottom cover is removed. Even the display cable.

Sadly, reseating it didn't fix the issue. Oh, well. It'll still serve well for shop searches and the like. :)

(If you look closely, you can see the battery mod I did previously,which I documented at that other place... I'll do that here again when I have another laptop with this style of battery that needs replacing.) #repairtime

Don't be like Aunt Anneliese and work on your machines while they have power.

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I mean, don't, I totally forgot. 😂

Disassembling and reassembling this display was pretty danged easy. I think disassembling the rest is going to be just as simple; hopefully the display cable isn't buried too far inside. #repairtime

Alas, no dice from this side. :(

Here, you can see the two lines very prominently. #repairtime