I also want to comment, their are many of us that do less than a couple dozen quilts a year , does that justify plopping down $10,000 on a long arm quilt? I truly enjoyed taking the classes from a LQS and learning in doing this myself. The cost was $15/hr to rent and it was well worth it as I ended up doing a queen or king quilt in less than 2.5 hours and the staff are there to help you if you run into a jam. I also supported the LQS, even though it wasn't local, I traveled 50 miles to do this, but I wanted to see them survive.