You cannot go wrong with something like a Singer 301 or 301A. I also have a nice Singer 15 in a cabinet that I picked up at an auction several years ago for $17.50. They are out there, you can have lots of fun looking for them. My brother in California found a Featherweight at a flea market on a pile of scrap metal for $25. Took it home and worked on it, now my sister-in-law uses it for quilting. They are out there, have fun searching, but be warned you might be bitten by the machine collector bug.