wow.........thanks for telling me a bit about this one.......it sounds like I really did find a keeper.... so you think its about 1959-60- for age ..thanks....I got the manual and it has a picture of the pattern wheel, but I do NOT have the wheel..........thanks for telling me about that too...........I will go looking at that web site...I really am enjoying sewing on it...........it has a name..its "Ten Ten" as it cost TEN Dollars and it is my TENth sewing machine.........