It used to be that any sewing machine manufacturer had to have parts available for any new machine for so many, like 20 years. This was to insure the customer was not left holding the bag. Any 4 year old machine should have parts within the United States available to its dealer through the US sewing machine distributor. That is not obsolete. Now one thing many of you do not know is the machines sold in Walmarts are not the same quality as the machines sold by dealers. When I was in business, Walmarts could not buy any machine that was sold to sewing machine dealers nor could a sewing machine dealer buy machines sold in Walmart or other similar stores. I no longer know what is done.