My DH found mine for me - he asked the local sewing/vacuum repair shop to be on the lookout for one - he knew of a lady wanting to sell her mother's Featherweight (WHY WHY WHY?????). Anyway, DH bought it for way too much money when we really did not have it and he said it bought it for me to "SHUT ME UP". - he was tired of me telling him how much I wanted one. We brought it home, took it out of the case, plugged it in and it was threaded top and bottom with a scrap of fabric under the presser foot and it just purred like a kitten. I almost cried.