It still remains to be seen whether the SME 20 is the very worst purchase a discerning buyer can make. 

I am on tenterhooks, I tell thee.

As an aside: I got home last night, turned the central heating way up & sat in my undergarments listening intently for the improvements a heated bearing would bring about... I think I may have heard something just before I passed out... hard to say.  I will be doing more tests tonight, full report tomorrow.