LOL, I have to laugh at several things in this thread. First calling a Singer 66 "
a pretty luggable Red Eye" is funny right there. Considering the head alone will tip about 35 pounds then add the case, you gotta have the muscles of Brunhilda.
Second worring about the space one more machine will take up. I look at my own place and we are hip deep in treadles, cabinets and portables. About the only two rooms in the house without a machine in it is the bathroom and kitchen.
And I'm about ready to build a shelf unit over the bath tub. It has no shower so we never use it.
Go for the machine, tell the BF to get over it.
Joe