I only sew on a 1941 Singer, which looks a lot like yours, and I LOVE it!!!! How much fun it is to sew when there's just nothing to go wrong!!!! (and if something does go wrong, take out the bobbin case, take out the bobbin, put it back in the case then back in the machine....90% of problems solved. If that doesn't work---rethread from the beginning. Problems solved!!!!)