Charlee, I have a Universal that came with out a tension. It survived a flood. My sister found 10 free machines on CL and called and told them her sister would come get them.... That one was the only one that made it - she has a ton of parts though... I kind of like that machine. It also once in a blue moon will hang up inside above the stitch length regulator... Have to pop it a bit through the round hole - then it goes again for a while. go figure. Maybe somebody knows about that kind of thing.