Rodney you nailed it in your assessment of a T&S. People either love or hate them. My first experience was in high school. We had no manual. I spent all of home ec class trying to get all the bobbin thread nests out of the machine. I hated that machine. I think I hated all Singers for a while. I do have a couple T&S machines now that I really like. BUT I do have a manual. A while back I took a sledge hammer to a touch and sew... LINK:
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