Originally Posted by kapatt

I love old Singers but I wouldn't buy anything that was made after the 60's or early 70's because they went from the all metal gears to the plastic gears.

When I bought a sewing machine about 18 years ago, I bought a New Home machine. It is all metal gears but I've heard that the company has been sold to another company so I can't really recommend a newer sewing machine from them.