I'm also leaning towards this machine for FMQ, and it does have the thread cutter which is really important if you are doing FMQ on it. I'm considering getting the Easy Quilter and I want a machine with a bigger throat to put on it.
The EQ site is
http://www.easyquilter.com/index.htm.
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