Assembly is easy. I decided to cut the upper half off the legs and drilled new holes in the lower half so I could screw the spinner onto my heavy bench, which kept it totally stable and drained easily into 5-gal buckets. I spun it empty before screwing it down, and the internal basket assembly is well balanced so there was no wobble at all. Be careful to locate equal-weight frames opposite each other. The control is smooth, the motor silent, and balanced loads did not vibrate in the least. I do not know what somebody meant by microswitches in the access doors, there are magnets but no switches. Ran it at half speed for the first side, then reversed the frames and ran full speed on the second, then reversed again and full speed on the first side to remove all the honey. Total about 10-12 minutes to empty 4 frames at 85 degrees. This spinner is built well enough, though at one point when tipping it to drain completely, the thin gauge stainless barrel one side "popped in" and needed to be "popped out." This will happen once and you will learn how to handle it, so not a problem. Did a great job, very glad I did not get a hand crank.