The cabinet looks nice on the 223. These all metal machines are usually worth the chance of a diy fix up. It takes a class 15 bobbin case which is easy to find (it look like it might be missing, or possibly in the cabinet drawer). The construction looks very sturdy and cabable on this model. Machines with CB hooks like thise can have very neat zigzag and satin stitching, but hard to know until you have tried it. It's a simple machine with zigzag, blind stitch as the only stitches besides straight stitch. This is usually not a disadvantage, it makes the mechanical parts simple and reliable. I would guess it's a work horse of a machine. I payed around $80 for my 201, a straight stitch only model and the cabinet needed a bit of work to look nice again too.