Gun shows are good things! LOL. Love the machine. It's really pretty. I showed your photo to my dh. Got his attention by telling him to look at what her husband bought for her at the gun show. I think he was expecting a pistol. He made some nice comments about the condition of the machine. He bought me a really nice treadle machine for our anniversary one year and has picked up 1 or 2 more so we could use the base as a table. There's a gun show here this weekend so I told him to be on the lookout! I wonder what he'll bring home.