Mickey2

It was just meant as an illustration and point of referance, I'm sure vintage Free / New Home bobbins turn up. I bought my 201 as a fix up machine, and I have spent a bit on replacement parts like drive belt, bobbin tire, added a few bobbins and accessories, new and vintage. It's in a small table and turned out to be my favorite. If it's a machine you end up using, you will never regret spending a bit of time and effort on it, the money spent will still be well within the original bargain. Just don't get the bug and pick up too many vintage machines, it can easily happen. They don't sell that easily, but cleaned and sorted out they tend to go. It depens on how you look at it, you get a very smooth, solid and capable machine for much less than any new. The old cast iron straight stitches are in a league of their own among domestic machines, they will stand up to a lot of use, even if you push them a bit they will be fine. If you add a freearm model with zigzag and maybe a few other stitch patterns you will hardly miss anything. You don't need to spend any money right away, it can wait.