foufymaus,
Aren't you in Australia? If not I'm confusing you with someone else. I noticed the Morse has a US voltage motor.
Anyway ... That Morse is a domestic sewing machine. A good strong one, yes, but a domestic none the less. Definitely not a heavy duty or industrial machine.
However having said that it is a lot heavier duty than the plastic Singers in the back ground.
I have one of those machines badged as an American Home and it sews very nice.
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For $15.00 I'd grab the Morse. Belts are not expensive, and neither are motors, wiring or controllers..... at least not in the U.S., not sure about AU.
And I wouldn't go so far as to say the 70s and newer Singer were machines from Hades, some of them work very well. But, I also wouldn't depend on them. Those stinking plastic gears have a tendency of breaking just when you are in the middle of a project.
My wife and I had two of them do that to us.
Joe