Oct of 1938 is the date of your machine ! Craiglist was already deleted by the time i got to it but you can buy just the handle for the case and w/o looking at the case...if it's bad, just removed the covering and sand the box & refinish it. I do have an exta case in hope of finding an fw that may not have an case, eventually 8-) . found it used on ebay for 40.00, with taped on handle