Mine weights in at 30.5 lbs with the wooden base, but not the cover. Not as heavy as the Pfaff 130, but right up there with the 15 and 201.
However this machine came with several Boye cases of size 14 needles (15x1 is a Boye 16) and the manual says to use "Eldredge" needles also.
On a side note, by Two Spool is also suppose to take Boye size 14 needle, however when my husband put it all back together he forgot and used a Boye 16 needle when he set the needle bar and timing, and it appears to be working fine this way. Though in the manual it states that if you can not possibly find Eldredge needles, you may use Singer VS #2 needles instead.