I almost gave up trying to find a simple portable machine that had a auto thread cutter and not a lot of fancy stitches. (all of the machines that do embroidery will have the cutter) I found The Brother PRW 420. It's great if you want a lot of decorative stitches but all I wanted was a simple portable that I could take to classes for paper piecing that had the cutter. At one class a member had what I had been searching for. It is the Brother 420PC. Not many fancy stitches, portable, with auto thread cutter. Now finding that machine was the problem. I found a new one on Ebay for $250. Seems the 420 PC became the 420PRW with lots more added features. Here is a description on the Brother page, (doesn't show up in the search there at all)
PC 420
http://www.brother-usa.com/Homesewin...roductID=PC420
420 PRW 420
http://www.brother-usa.com/Homesewin...uctID=PC420PRW
I asked many Brother dealers about the 420PC, they all said I was mistaken. LOL