bkay

I took my newly acquired second (or third) hand Touch n sew in for adjusting, as the tension was off. The guy told me to buy a Singer 601 or 602 if I bought another used machine. Would the 600 be equivalent (I've seen two 600s on Craig's list for $50.00 each recently) .

Another question is more convoluted. Someone told me the 400 series were really good machines, but he said they have timing problems. Are they problem machines?

I'd love to have a machine like I learned to sew on. It was an old singer that was purchased new about 1952 or 53. We never had any problems with tension, etc. It sewed beautifully. Any idea what the model would be? I thought it was a 15 something from looking at them on Craig's List, but then I read something about a treadle being at 15 something. I've kept looking and think maybe it's a 33 something.

Any help would be appreciated.
bkay