Forgot to ask you a question about that 8th photo .... the one that shows where your DH works. Is that wire kind of thing that comes up behind the machine and goes above it then goes back down behind an added on gizmo for raising the presser foot? I think I see the pedal on the floor under the desk too. I have one of these if it is (maybe called a Universal something or other?) and used it for a number of years on my old singer (which has since died) until I got a used Bernina that has the knee lift.. Looks like your DH rigged up some wooden arms to make it work better. I'd forgotten about this gizmo and need to get it back out to put on a Singer 99K in a cabinet that I am currently using for paper piecing.