I bought one of these years ago at Paducah - then I mounted it to an IKEA coffee table that my husband raised/extended the legs on. It worked fairly well. I sold it to a lady who sat at it on her test drive and immediately produced such beautiful free motion quilted leaves and tendrils that I was envious! I sold it because I found a more traditional frame/machine set up...As with anything new, there is a learning curve (previous person excluded LOL).... the best advice I can give is to get comfortable with a certain speed when you free motion and always use that speed... also, don't clamp the quilt too tight...