OH, I'm a huge vintage machine fan. I own and use a FW 222K, and two Singer 301's. However, I also enjoy the convenience features on my Janome 11000 and Janome 3010DC. Depends on the projects. I'll bet though, that the metal Singers will be chugging along long after the plastic Janomes are done........We'll see:)
My treadle BTW will apparently sew through tin cans. They used to demonstrate that years ago to sell the machines. Apparently the men were impressed with that and would buy for their wives, so they could fix horse harness! Don't know if it's true, but it's a good story:)