Tool rolls look great!

For tool roll material, check out Harbor Freight. They have a canvas painter's tarp, 9'x12' or 12 yards of material for $12.
I've seen lots of poeple on the advrider motorcycle site make tool rolls out of that material.
Even if just used for practice material, at $1 per yard, it's a good deal.

I have watched several videos where they had multiple feet and said that it seems to depend on the quilt sandwich. They will try several different feet before finding the one that works best on 'this' quilt.
I have the all metal version of that foot and use it on a 109 year old Singer. With no option to drop the feed dogs other than to remove them, I had to have something that would completely remove the tension to allow the sandwich to move. It's the only foot of that type that I have so I am afraid I won't be any help at which one works best on what.
Sounds like you are well set for whatever may come with all those different feet.

No, communication across the pond is forbidden. They don't have as much control over what you find out there. You might even find out some real facts as opposed to their "good facts".

Genius syndrome...the guy down the road is just the guy down the road. The guy from a few hundred miles away, who may not be as well qualified is a bloomin' genius. I've seen it many times over the years, as I am sure you have.

I have access to a 3' x 4' light table at work if I need it. I guess it's a benefit of working for a printer. We have all of the stuff around for working with negatives.

I hope everyone out here is OK. Try to stay healthy, safe, and positive. It's all gotta get better at some point.

They are nice old machines. Designed to last forever with normal maintenance. As you know, straight stitch only and no reverse. Once everything is set, they make wonderful stitches. Pretty much anything you could ever need for it is available as new repro, old stock, or used on ebay.
My mother used her grandmother's into the '70's before she got a modern electric with zig-zag. She made all sorts of stuff on it. They were designed back in the treadle days and don't like high speed. With reasonable care, hers was 100% reliable and never saw a shop as long as she could remember.
If you like the antique machines and would like to be able to use it, by all means keep it and use it. It's got a lot of harp space. I've seen them being use for piecing quilts and even free motion quilting. If it's a treadle, you can still sew when there is a power cut if you can see.

Do you remember if the bobbin winder drove off the belt or had a rubber tire on it and drove off the handwheel?

I know I'm a little late to the party but, that's a GREAT looking shirt, Ed.
Wish I could buy stuff that looks that good.
Pay no attention to the kids.  Wear it with pride.
Parents are entitled to embarrass their kids.
You are definitely a fabric enabler with that link. So many nice patterns to choose.

The modern, pre-computerized machines have one big failing as I see them, plastic.
There are many plactic components which are much cheaper, easier and faster to make. It is also quicker to get into production with the plastics than having to work out machining on metal parts. But, plastic parts are also designed to fail. Plastics have a limited useful life under stress. Certain lubricants cause problems. Proper lubrication will only do so much to keep the plastics going. When the supply of repair parts is depleted, there are no more unless you can have a good part 3D scanned and reproduced by 3D printing or know a machinist who can make you the part out of metal.
Many manufacturers dispose of their replacement part inventories after a certain amount of time. When this happens, even the pieces that are still there and useful are gone. Old machines were made simply so that a needed part could be made by any competent machinist. Many of the plastic gears, cams and other parts would be very hard for anyone but an absolute master machinist to reproduce. This was the beginnings of designed obsolescence. We, as a population, said nothing about the quality problems and issues with repair, usually because of a lower price. So, it became the way of manufacturing. Now everything is designed to last a certain amount of time and disintegrate. Sad state of affairs really when you think about it.

The mechanicals and electricals are no big deal. Just judging by what I've seen at thrifts, it seems a lot of machines are sent packing just because the foot pedal or wiring needs a little work. The machine itself is usually great just needs a good cleaning and oiling.

Thanks for the link. I've never been inside one of those type of speed controllers. All of the ones I have taken apart have been the ceramic block with the nichrome "springs" wound around and multiple contacts. It will be interesting to see which type it comes with.

If the speed controller is too bad, I might just try one of those fancy newfangled electronic speed controller pedals. I've read that they give much better control and it's a more stable speed too. They are only around $20 so I won't spend a lot of time on the pedal especially since it and the motor are replacements, not original singer.

It's 7:54 pm here and Fedex still says delivery before end of day today on their website. So, I'm sitting around waiting, hoping I don't have to wait until Monday.