Stamina 1205 Precision Rower

This is a simple rowing machine and does what I wanted. Aspects I wanted were 1) small footprint when folded. When folded the machine sticks out from the wall about 10" and is around 30" long, so easily leans against my wall in a crowded room 2) blocks of various heights can be placed under the rear of the seat rail and that allows me to vary the amount of leg work by increased gravity while keeping the arm work the same 3) independent oars for the coordination of pulling symetrically (which doesn't happen with a single cable/handle machine. 4) The machine is mechanically simple, so it will be easy to repair if a part breaks. The most specialized part are the two shock absorbers. Aspects that are a chore: 1) the machine is heavy. The spec is that the machine is around 47 pounds, and it is, and with my bad back deploying it and putting it away is a bit of a risk. 2) it took around 1.5 h to assemble. The instructions were clear enough: in the manual there are a sequence of images and appropriate fasteners: first put this together, then add these, then add these etc. However, there a lot of parts. My progress was continuous: look at the diagram, find the parts, fit them together, put in the fastners, and it still took me around 1.5 hours before I first tried the machine. 3) I wish the manual had included some tightening torques for the fasteners that hold the bushings. Nyloc nuts are supplied so there is no need to strongly torque the brackets into which the bushings fit, but it is easy to torque the brackets until the bracket sides pinch the bushing, and some sort of instruction such as "only tighten nuts until they touch the bracket", or "tighten nuts until the bracket almost touches the bushing" would have been nice.