Thanks for the manual link--that will be very helpful. I should have quit looking at CL a few days ago. i found a second machine in a cabinet (a 1930 Singer 66) for $75
http://ventura.craigslist.org/hsh/5119957026.html that I am going to go pick up the morning. It appears to be in good shape. The woman I am buying it from is selling it for one of her neighbors in a retirement village and doesn't know anything about it. For $75 and from what I can see in the photos, it is worth that. From now on, if one comes in, one must go. I will NOT become a collector
. I have a Juki TL2010Q that I love to quilt on and a inexpensive Brother for those rare times when I need something other than a straight stitch, so this will make 4 machines--two old and two new.