I've had a Janome 6500 for several years and loved it until I got bit by the vintage machine bug LOL. My 1948 201 was $50.00 and sews a much better stitch than the Janome ever could. I realized that I never used all the bell and whistles on the newer machine which cost me a bundle. I picked up a Japanese knock off of the Singer 15 at a garage sale for $5.00 which does FMQ with the turning of a knob. Before you spend a ton of money, monitor the vintage machine forum on this site. It wasn't available when I got mine but boy I wish it had been. You're going to get a lot of advice and good luck with whatever you decision. I just wanted to throw in my opinion and a "thinking outside the box" consideration.