I have to agree with pocoellie, I would never buy a Singer machine that was 40-50 years old or newer. I have a collection of quite a few Singers from 1926 to around the 1960s (thus is my celery/white featherweight) and they are all mechanical machines - very well made. Newer ones have lots of,plastic gears, etc. I used to have a Singer from the 1970s - used it for Halloween costumes, tee shirts, etc. for my son but nothing heavy duty. It did work just fine but I gave it to a Girl Scout who would never be able to,afford,any machine of her own, I’d be interested in exactly what this Singer Quiltmaker Machine is - do you have a picture and a model number.?