It's not too bad, worth a clean up and test sewing at least. When someone is looking for stretchy stitches I dont think there are any all metal models. Rumor has it that a few Adler models from the 50s taking double cams had all metal gears, but when this model number reached me it turned out to have a few plastic gears after all. I still like it though. I guess it's like with some of the early Touch and Sews, the same model number can turn up all metal or with some plastic gears. Does the dressmaker run at all?