Mickey2

I have to say I care for the machine I have, and the ones I pass on to others. I have sold some with profit, but I spend a lot of time cleaning and sorting out issues, more than spending money on replacement parts. When you have worked a couple of machines, you sort of have most of what you need to take on another, the expence is less and you do it quicker and easier. When I fix up and old machine, my hope is it will live on for at least equally as long as the age it was when it came to me.

I rather let someone who cares about an old machine have it for free than to someone who would let it go on the heap when he/she lost interest. These days any of the old cast irioin models are worth caring for, at least in reasonbly acceptable condition. I keep seing nice machines parted up, sold, thrown out, or saved in the nick of time regularly, and even if they are in plenty; they are not in increasing numbers, they are steadily thinning out. There are more people around then ever, and these are way nicer to work on than many brand new machines.