Oh, me--my first love for a sewing machine. I still have mine, it works but use a 600 Touch N Sew( a workhorse for sure ) these days. True there were problems with it but it did service me well for so many years. Been some time but we did buy the metal feed dogs-think they were bought from local sewing machine repair shop. DH says to oil-actual soak- everything really well. Give it an honest try before tossing it.