Guess I am more like Michellesews - they are just things and I am pretty quick to share and lend my quilting items. But I have never had anyone ask to borrow my big machines. My friend comes over and uses my embroidery machine at my house - so I don't think that I would actually lend my Husqvarna embroidery/sewing machine or Janome MC 6600P but that is because of their size. I do have 2 featherweights and another portable that I have let people use. Each one has an owners manual that would go along with them.