I agree with the post about Glenn Williams. I live in the same Tampa, Florida area as Glenn, and he is a very nice man and is very knowledgeable of not only the Featherweight, but other vintage Singer sewing machines. He has serviced my own Featherweight in his "workshop" garage. Wow! What a wonderful workshop! To me, it looked like a vintage Singer "hospital" for ailing machines :) Jennie :P