Sorry Joe hope your finger is better today, most likely not still hurts like heck.
I do think the vintage sewing machine have been plotting against us. And like said you would think they would love all the attention being oiled, greased and the tune ups. But maybe they just want to rest now thinking they did their time in the past??? So they are out to get us!!! This year and the first time I ever had this happen I sewed into my thumb, I swear the White Rotary planned that. Then last night at 11:17 pm the same White while I was trying to get one UFO done before the New Year, the needle came out (has never happened before) and jammed into the hook/bobbin area. I was so close to finshing the UFO and would of had it done before 12:00 am. I was able to free the broken needle, put the project aside and decided to check out in the morning if any damage was done. Well this afternoon I checked out the hook, bobbin, timing and the rest of those parts to see if there was damage, there wasn't any damage, none at all. So I cleaned, oiled and regreased it which it really didn't need.