Yesterday I sold a vintage mechanical machine , straight stitch, zigzag facility with just a few stitches built in stitches only.
The buyer was a young man studying at college, textile design or whatever they deign to call these courses now.
it was so nice to find a youngster (no disrespect meant here) so excited about what he can achieve with an older machine, a little thought, vision and application.
Sadly so many are actively encouraged to buy a modern all singing all dancing computerised machine when there are lots of perfectly useable older machines around which can be purchased at very reasonable prices. Indeed some are even given away for free.