The shop here is close by but every time I take a machine to be fixed I have to take it back because the repair causes another problem. I get so aggravated because he doesn't test the machine much at all. Just sew a few inches and calls it fixed. I have complained to the shop owner but it is her husband that does the repairs so she thinks he hung the moon. I found another shop about two hours away so that is where I will go now. If you have a good repair person then you are very lucky.