Yes fix the braid for sure or as above - quirky weird issues will come.

nice work on the rest of it .. always good to see a machine getting the love.

opinions on Lights .. i HATE THEM with a passion.   if its meant to have lamps in it then it should have lamps in it.   There is a bloke in tassie on the 'bay of E who is great to deal with if you need to buy a box of them. ( but its just my opinion - the next poster will probably love them )

Do you like cool white or warm white lights in your house?  i hate the cool white operating theatre style lighting in anything.

the last machine i bought had so many LED in it that when it 'went off' you couldnt see the ball. 

put led if you like them .. but dont just do it because everyone else does :)