I have this machine and a Grace SR2 and it is a great machine. It will sew anything you care to sew. Metal machine . My only complaint is that I wish it was a wider harp or throat area. You realize right away with this set up that your width of quilting on a pantograph for instance is limited by that width... and with your quilt rolled up on the rod next to the back of the machine. But the next machine in harp space is much, much more expensive. Another thing about the 98 is that there is no speed control and the control that Grace sent me 3 of doesn't work very well. Juki does make a high quality machine though.