I bought one of these in the early 80's. I saved for ever to purchase it for $849.00. I thougt I was in heaven! I sewed for the public,and my children and I raised baby calves. My husband would purchase day old baby calves from a nearby milk farm,we would bottle feed them for 6-8 weeks,grain&grass feed them for another 6-8 weeks, then sell them. I begged my husband to let me have the money from one of the calves to help pay for my new machine and he did. Six months later,my house burned ,lost everything!