"It would help if a note and/or photo with a description of the tool were made avaiable. I'm uanble to utilize videos on my system. Perhaps other member have the same constraint. TIA"

">> sigh << Please accept apologies for the typos in my July 09 post. Proof reading obviously fell short. Bonnie's posting about Kenmore's is as is known to me. Currently Janome is at the upper end of the scale of machines to…"

"This venture is a very personal choice. MO, first & formeost know you dealer. You specify brands but w/o mentioning how you came by the choices. The ability to test run a machine is very very helpful. I have & use Kenmore's since circa…"

"Laura is correct to my knwoing. My first Kenmore, a something something 71 - bought early 1958 to sew my maternity clothes, was made by White. I learned to sew on my mother's floor deomstartor White console she bought for $90.00 (?) circa…"

"To my knowing various companies made "Kenmore" machines for Sear's over the years. Sometimes the differences between the other brands is slight. Other times at a greater scale. Much like the low & high end machines of other…"

"Another Kenmore enthusiast here. My first was bought, to sew myself maternity clothes, in a Sear's Vineland, NJ store early 1958. It was work horse. Circa 1975, the stitch tension went awry. Was able to get the part because this happened 3…"

"Alie - Can appreciate your being slightly bummed. Any plastic part can present a problem. Having the other pieces does indeed make up for the irreplaceable part."

"Way to go Laura. MO, a wiser choice than some of the lower end models on today's market. Pleased to read it cleaned up. Sadly, this sometimes falls short and was recently posted. Plastic parts seem like planned obsolescence."