Questions:
Does she sew?
Other than the weld repair is she straight and true?
I wonder just what catastrophy lead to that bed being broken?
Comment:
That is an example of what people who used these old machines would go through to keep them running. In more modern times a machine broken to that extent would be tossed aside and replaced.
If I had that machine I'd cherish it just for the life she's lead.
Joe