Originally Posted by laurlync
Thank you, MTS. I have been studying the machines quite a bit and have read oodles of reviews. I first thought of getting a Bailey and building a frame because of price, but have pretty much decided to spend a little more to get more features and an "original build" machine (not a stretched machine). My "short list" at the moment includes the HQ 16, Tin Lizzie 18 and Innova 18. I actually have a tendency to "over study" everything before making a decision. It's a really exhausting trait sometimes...LOL!
anything 18" and over is considered a longarm. of course, a lot of longarmers have really longarms, 26" and over, bit as far as i know, 18" is considered a longarm. btw, gammil, i think, has rolled back their price on the basic machine, while adding some features, so be sure to look at that. it's also 18" and in the same $$ category as the tin lizzie.