This is a great thread! I learned how to sew on my grandmother's Pfaff 332 - some day I'm either going to inherit that one (my aunt has it now) or I'm just going to have to buy one off of ebay. That was a TANK and it worked really hard - my grandma probably used it every day - every fabric item that family owned (including clothes for 4 kids) was made by her. Plus it handled the use and abuse that I put it through learning how to sew!