When I got my longarm, some of my quilter friends kind of expected me to allow them to rent time on it, and immediately tossed around "$10 an hour" to me, very excitedly. I truthfully told them at that point I knew so little that I was terrified I would break something on my machine and be unable to fix it, let alone to have to try and fix a problem someone else might cause with it! I said I was fortunate to have found a used machine I could afford, but if it became ruined, I would never be able to afford to replace it, and asked if a "renter" destroyed it, were they going to be able to replace it for me? I think not. If they could afford to replace your machine when they broke it, they'd already have one of their own, right? Their expectations really stunned me, though. I thought to myself, "If you and your husband bought a great big boat (truck, etc.), what would you think if I (and all the others) immediately just expected you to hand it over to us to play with for $10 an hour?" Same thing. And now, 7 years later, I am so glad I didn't allow others to rent my machine. There is wear and tear, there are parts to replace, switches which are best pushed gingerly, down time while you fiddle with tension, motherboards which go bad, etc. etc. Someone who simply rents the machine doesn't have the huge investment in it you do, and isn't going to take care to operate it in the manner it should be operated, nor are they going to be tolerant when the machine has "issues" and hissy fits. It would be your fault. Period. JMHO