Cleaning it is MUCH more scary than it is difficult. These machines are so simple that it's hard to go wrong. If you can follow a quilt pattern you can follow Billy's tute, and if you can put quilt pieces together you can put the machine together. If you are really worried about it, take pictures of each step before you take those pieces apart, then look at your pictures to see where the parts belong. Your machine looks like it's in good enough shape that it really won't require a full take-apart to clean it; just open things up and use a q-tip dipped in alcohol and some light (sewing machine) oil. You got a steal at $5!