I bought a Singer 404 in a cabinet with a stool. It was cheap. I mostly wanted the stool. But I took pity on the poor machine. It was covered in rust and pretty much locked up. HHMMM will it be another parts machine or can I do some transplants? I gave it a good cleaning. Most of the rust seemed to be in the tension and a thread guide. I am blessed with some 404 parts machines so I swapped out the tension. Lucky me I didn't have a manual in my shop so I tried to do it from memory. Well, it took a while - the little end kept flying off - sink it down and then boing - the spring sent it off to the other side of the room. Finally I saw the light and LOOKED at another machine... DUH... I had a part on there backwards. It's been a while... OH well, the tension worked right the first time. shock. Then I found there is rust on a thread guide so I worked on that little spot with some aluminum foil. I did all that to keep from breaking the thread. Then I figured out it wasn't what was breaking the thread. Oh well, it needed polishing. It was the thread hooking on the spool then wrapping around the spindle. I had to get a new wire for the foot control. I also put on a new power cord. It runs like crazy now. The bobbin tire was missing and it needed spindles. I also put new felt on the spindles. Then the machine came with no accessories so I've been rounding up a few to put with it. The table's finish is in terrible shape. A bit of paint might be an improvement - I don't usually like to paint. It is a nice one with two drawers outside the legs. It has a rusty old knee control. I love those.... I left the stool at home - it matches one of my tables. I like a stool for sewing. They seem to set a bit higher or something. I don't seem to lean back into the seat back anyway. These are a great little machine for learning on and they are a work horse too. I put a walking foot on it and it went right through a few layers of jeans. I think I want to play with it some more some time.