I seem to have a gift for nosing out great sewing machines...my wife's machine is a Bernina 830 which I observed being dropped into a dumpster and fished out..had it factory refurbished, and it will still fetch new prices...refurbished two decades ago..mind...my favorite machine, likewise..mis sixties Kenmore..probably built by Juki in japan...when I got it it still had the instruction manuals and the bearings had no wear marks...

anyhow..I keep getting lucky...yesterday I felt the pull and wandered into a thrift store...a spanky new singer (which I could care less about..plastic junk..bought it for my daughters..) A 1926 Singer industrial for fifty bucks...basic bit of research says it is fairly rare...and best of all, an older model
Baby Lock four thread serger..or overlocker for you folks on the east side of the pond. I have been hunting for a decent serger for awhile...fifteen bucks. gotta love it.

My holy grail still eludes me however...I really want a decent singer featherweight in it's original case..but the only ones I cross paths with are restored anf hiiiigggh dollar...oh well, I'll just keep fishing.

What kinds of machine scores have y'all made?