Originally Posted by grannysewer
This is not about webshots. Do all the older machines have wooden or woodlike cases? I bought a dressmaker at Salvation Army and it has a plastic case. Do you suppose they changed out the case?
Sounds like they have sometime in its life. The cases that the Japanese machines were put in were not the highest of quality and through the years of being in areas that had moisture, heat and direct sunlight will wear on them.
so you will sometimes find them in aftermarket cases sometimes.
Billy