ThayerRags I think I like your machine better than mine. Yours has much cleaner lines to it.
I do have the decorative stitches working now. I just have to turn the machine over a bit to get it to shift, kind of like a car with a bad clutch. It may be the way it was designed to work, I don't know. I also found the bobbin winder isn't working. I suspect the rubber wheel on it is shot so it's not making good enough contact with the drive wheel inside. I still haven't got the knob for the feed dogs freed up. I think the knob's shaft is frozen solid where it passes thru the bed of the machine. If I can get the set screw holding the chrome knob on loose then freeing the shaft up should be easy. I just don't want to damage any parts while I'm at it.
These small problems are probably why the machine ended up in the thrift shop. I'm no expert but so far I only have a few hours into it and it's almost fully functional again. We truly do live in a throw-away society.
Rodney