Originally Posted by
leonf
I believe it is a Singer 404. You need to check your hinge pins. It look like only the front one is holding. That's a lot of a machine to have falling in your lap. With a helper, tilt the machine back and look at eh front hinge and see the set screw that holds the hinge arm. you may need to loosen it to get the back one in place. Hope it is there. Lots of love for those early slantnose machines.
Do you mean the hinges in the front flap are holding? But the back hinge pins are not? It looks to me like the back left is ok, but the back right is not. But either way, what Leon says is true: the first order of business must be to get those seated and tightened for safety. These machines weigh 40 or 50 pounds, and will absolutely do damage to whatever they fall on. The medical costs of crushed foot repair will definitely overcome the free cost of the machine!!