Originally Posted by
Valinbean
...As you may have guessed from my lack of knowledge, this is my first and hopefully last sewing machine (I say last because hopefully this will work for me for my whole life

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Thank you for the pictures.
You do have a "left homing" machine and the straight stitch plate
would be like the one at
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1002...sewing-machine As you can see the feed dogs on the right side of the straight stitch presser foot.
It should last a good long while. Sometimes plastic parts become brittle and crack or break. Your machine looks like it has
not been exposed to the heat and cold extremes that would hasten the deterioration of those parts
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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