I was playing with it more late last night and realized the top lever/knob marked 1,3,5,7,0 is stuck and I can't move it. I probably stuck the lid on wrong somehow so I'll have to play with that after work today. I'm pretty sure it moved before I took it all apart but not positive now, lol.
It's funky, that whole front knob assembly actually moves around on the face of the machine as it sews a pattern. I only did straight or zz as a kid so I'd never seen it do that - it spooked me for a second! So far the only patterns I get are wobbly zig-zags but you have to adjust 3-4 dials to get a proper stitch pattern and I'm just playing with the one cam dial; when I get my pattern wheel thingy I'll be able to test properly. And fix that top knob.
I was sewing on some denim scrap, getting the tension adjusted, and I put 8 layers though. It just sewed through it like it was nothing, nice lovely balanced stitches. It's almost a little scary, I started having some flashbacks to sewing my finger!
Every machine needs a name, I'm thinking this little toughie might need a name like Bonecrusher or Fingerbreaker. LOL (Better than "Broken Disappointment" that I was calling it before!)