I have 1 Kenmore from 1977, 2 Elna sewing machines, and 1 Bernina embroidery machine and just couldn't give up any of them, they are like old friends and if one is on the fritz another one can be used. Also, I will sit up one of the machines to do a stitch where you have to adjust the tension and if I know I am not going to get it done very fast I will use one of the other machines for regular piecing so I don't have to keep changing all the settings.