Originally Posted by feline fanatic

What?? No way. The Innova frame is made from Airplane grade aluminum and is rock solid! I lean on mine and use it to help heft my sorry butt off the floor when I crawl underneath to check stitches. I put a lot of stress on my frame and it is solid. It is also set up so that you can customize it. You say you rent, so this leads me to believe that your rental place may have the machine head set up on something other than an Innova frame. The frame was in my top 5 list of why I went with Innova over another brand.