Is this a Janome? I didn't know Janome made a longarm; this is not one I have run across before.
Googled and found this Youtube video which would give me pause:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6b3ki1wDAU
and found this thread:
http://content.janome.com/fusetalk/f...&threadid=5910
Personally, I would invest in a better-known and more widely used brand. My "dream" longarm is an Innova.