I'm glad you like the Juki. For the money, it has a lot of expensive features. I've probably been to the same site you have, the price is about the same. How do you like the stitch? I imagine it's beautiful. A straight stitch on a zig-zag machine isn't really straight--my Singer treadle has a nice stitch, because it doesn't zig-zag. So, you just keep winding bobbins a few at a time, and picture me here, drooling over a picture of my dream machine.