At first that was all a bit intimidating...but i remembered that i had seen it in action and it looked really simple. so, i kind of read through the manual first then just opened the first page and got started.
i had to remove the rod that held my laser first....
Then replace it with the rear holder for the rear stylus...there is even a small rod to put the laser back on.....so you don't ever have to take that off.
So far...simple. then had to take 2 screws out from left front of machine to install front stylus holder. i got 1 screw out and simply could not get the second. had to go back to the house and round up Jim to get it out for me. he came bearing bigger tools and more muscle. he made it look easy. so, then it was a piece of cake to install the front stylus holder.
This works pretty much like the Circle Lord. there are knobs to turn and tighten to set in place and a clamp to move over to tighten everything down. the tray goes over 1 rail and in front of another. after you tighten it down, it stills moves a bit. but once you tighten the base plate of the Qzoid, it is pressing in the opposite direction and it tightens up the tray part. you don't want to tighten it too much so it doesn't bow your rails in....just enough to keep it tight.
Speaking of the Circle Lord....the Qzoid is able to use the CL templates also...how cool is that. but if Qzoid doesn't have a template that you would like....just contact Adam and he will create one for you. they tell me that is where most of their ideas for new templates come from...their customers.
This is all to work from the front of the machine....which is what i did yesterday. working from the front, you can see exactly where you are going and if you are matching up properly.
Here i am all set up and making circles.
The system also works from the back...like if you were doing a pantograph. Here it is clamped to the back of the table. simple to do....place down..adjust knobs...close clamp...done.
There are more parts coming next week. i also ordered the large continuous templates. they are 2 foot boards....there are 5 of them to fit across the table. you hook them together and use the rear stylus to follow the template just like a pantograph. i got the baptist fan, clamshells, terri's brain teaser (kinda looks like brickwork), maze and the enchanted garden.
I am in love with the enchanted garden. the template has leaves twisting through it with 4 large holes spaced throughout. the holes are for the pop out flower discs. right now there are 5 choices..daisy, tulip, poinsettia type, and 2 others. hard to explain but i shall show you when i get them next week. i got 4 different flowers....didn't get the tulip. you get 4 pop outs for each flower....you can use all the same flower in your quilting or use different ones in each hole and fill your garden with all kinds of lovely flowers.
There are a gazillion different designs you can make with these templates. each template holds many different shapes and depending how many times you rotate gives you different choices. This is going to be fun seeing all what i can accomplish.
Yesterday i put different designs in 8 different blocks. in the next blog post i shall show you what i did.
If you are interested in knowing more about the quiltazoid just go to their website.... http://www.quiltazoid.com/ and check them out. the owners are Adam and Linda Anderson and they are just the nicest couple. Adam builds these in his garage right now. They are located in Iowa. Adam is an engineer and answered any questions i put to him without any hesitation. and showed me anything i wanted to see. i believe this is an awesome product and am really going to have fun with it.
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