petthefabric

Close to 95% of my stitching is straight-stitch. Recently purchased a new 1500SE. The first was still good after ~20 yrs, just getting a little sloppy. It's a work horse. Just turn it on and no problems to solve before you can sew.

As to upper feed dog; the Brother 1500SE has a built-in pin that works with the feed dogs to keep the fabrics alligned. In the throat plat just behind the needle hole is another hole where this pin comes up. When the needle is up the pin is below the throat plate.