I do love this "board", or whatever the correct word is. I have been sitting here for an hour going through all the comments on buying sewing and long arm sewing machines. In all of my collection of a bunch of machines (I used to buy shoes; now I buy sewing machines....) the ones I like best are the Elna Supermatic that I bought new in l986 because it was 50 years old the same year I was; and the Gammill that I bought in 2007 because I wanted a new quilting machine (long story that); I am not a serious buyer of anything--I just buy whatever I am currently in the mood to buy, and am now lucky enough to have a husband who spends as much on toys as he wants, so lets me spend as much on toys as I want, if that makes any kind of sense. Spend your money on whatever you love--you'll never regret it.....