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Old 11-03-2012, 07:52 PM
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Peckish
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Originally Posted by Geri B View Post
So, I presume these techs take "your" sewing machine and by making a new housing for it make it into a longarm? So, at the cost doing this what does one save rather than buying a machine that was originally made into a longarm? Then you have your regular machine and a longarm????? I am really confused why someone would want to do this as opposed to buying one initially......
The price difference between a stretched machine and a non-stretched longarm was often the reason people did this. I'm not so sure that's the case now, the market is growing and we have so many more options and price points than we did a few years ago.
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