Thank you for your post. I have been collecting a short time and I feel exactly as you describe. The problem is that I have to yet learn the art of restoring/cleaning the ones I have rescued and not sure where to start AND I'm in the middle of a huge project that I really want to get done before learning the new skills of machine restoring. I have them where I can walk by and pat them as I work on other project. Again, thanks for your post, now I know it's just a wonderful addiction and I don't really want an intervention.LOL