I love the old machines. I learned to sew on a Featherweight when I was about 8 or 9 and in 1970 I bought my first sewing machine at a thrift store for 25.00. It was a Featherweight circa 1935. Best buy I ever made. That machine has sewed like a dream all along. Made my wedding dress and 5 bridesmaid dresses in the first year and it is still going strong even now. I love to quilt on it and other than oiling the only thing I have had to do is replace the belt once earlier this year.