LOL My mom has had a FW since 1948. She squirted oil in the oil holes all the time. BUT that oil didn't always hit the mark. She never cleaned that machine or had it serviced. It just ran and ran and ran. My sister and I cleaned it up one year for Christmas here is a link:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...t-t174236.html I recommend that you at the least oil the top when you change the needle and do that fairly often, they are cheap & they do get dull. Maybe you can oil the bottom when you change the thread. Or you can just pick a time that works for you to oil the machine. It isn't hard.