Macybaby

I will also add that the newer machines have wider, shallower arms, while the older have narrow, deeper arms.

I'd say that if you can get any of those I listed, in serviced condition, for under $200, you've done very well. All but the patcher take readily available needles and bobbins, though the Bernina takes a needle that isn't as easy to find as the rest. I think new Berninas take the 705H instead of the 705B. My husband did something to his so he could use the H needle, but I don't recall what that was. I think just an adjustment to the timing.