Hello and welcome, is very nice to meet you. Glad you got the courage up to introduce yourself, we're really not too scary, well not often anyway :lol:
As for your lovely old machine, I wouldn't part with an older machine for anything, they sure don't make sewing machines like they used to.
Plenty to see and talk about here, everyone is very friendly and helpful, once you get going don't forget to post pics of your work, we love to see every bodies work.