I've been researching these machines also. Recently I joined the Baileys group on yahoo, just to poke around and see what issues they were having. I also joined a Gammill group. From what I gather from any machine you buy there's a learning curve and modification. Baileys is fairly new, and Chuck is still working out some issues. But the costumer service is great. I called him a few weeks ago. And it seems that all the gals that own this call him. Its basic in design and what you need to remember is that is a regular sewing machine thats been stretched there's no bells and whistles on this gal. The Yahoo group girls are constantly making modifications to there setups. The biggest problem that I've seen on the group is the lack of good setup instructions. Keep researching. I started saving over a year ago and have the money ready to order its just doing it. Good luck!