I enjoy "thread painting" and would love to have his machine, and be able to do THAT!...first things first, I couldn't tell what machine he had, soooo, I googled, got his number and CALLED HIM!!! He answered the phone himself!!!! He was so nice to take the time, go to the next room and get the machine number. For those interested, here it is: JUKI L271. YEA!!!!! Now I'm shoppin'