Originally Posted by jackiequilts4fun

I'll need to figure out how to post photos here.

I found an old Kenmore machine in Goodwill yesterday.
This thing looks BRAND NEW.
It is clean as a whistle & doesn't have ANY scratch marks on it.
i hesitated buying it (I really do not need a machine ... haha),
but for $22 I couldn't pass it up either.
The lady at Goodwill told me that she was working when the machine came in.
An 80+ year old lady brought it.

I don't expect that it's really worth anything.
I'm going to set it up in another room in my house though, and I thought I'd use it when sewing heavier things.
A friend of mine has a Kenmore and she says they are "work horse" machines, and that's why I decided to buy it.
I have a Viking Designer 1 that I use (bought it used), but I wouldn't say it's a heavy duty machine like this Kenmore is. I think the Kenmore weighs 22#.

Anyway, wanted to see who here has one, and why you love it!
The model I have is 158.13180.
I tried figuring out it's age. Hard to tell. Maybe from the late 60's-early 70's.
The only thing I don't have for it is a manual.
I'm having trouble getting the bobbin to work for me, so my friend said that she will come over.
I get it "in there" and snap it into place, but the snap seems so easy, like maybe it's not fully engaged.
And then, I can get it to turn & pick up the thread, but from there it sticks.
The thread does feel "tight" in coming from the bobbin and thru that bobbin case.

Thoughts?
Thanks!