Congratulations on your new toy. I started out with a 9" Viking on a Grace Pro frame, moved up to a stretched Juki 18" on the same frame before I finally went to the 26" on a 12' frame. A friend of mine had the stretched Hinty frame and I found it to be a very nice frame and since it uses the conduit poles instead of the aluminum ones the Grace company uses you shouldn't have the issue of the poles bowing on you in time.