Hello to all , I am a little lucky in the fact i have a man come to the house to service my machines . i have an old singer , and a newer nechhi, he services them both for 30 pounds , about 50 doll , at least you can watch him and see what happens , the only downfall is he looks about 106 , and is the only one who does this within 250 miles of me , so lets hope he lasts a while longer:)