Marniesews, I think I had to diversify and start to do things for myself, I figured I had given over 40 years to my family so now it is time for
me!
I have only my German Winselmann machine here at my house, the Singer 28k is now my DD1's machine at her house.
And I decided to skip on my friend's older German made machine, it looks OK but there is no shuttle, and without a proper ID of said machine and shuttle, it isn't wise to splash out on boat shuttles @ least £20 ! (HH's site). Some boat shuttles I saw were going for between £39- £49 on ebay!
It's an expensive job if I buy a shuttle (or more) and get it wrong, so i'll walk away gracefully and stick to my own German beauty.