My parents brought this to me when they visited for Thanksgiving, um, because I begged them to. It was my mom's, but she never uses it. From what I've read online, it's probably about 45 years old. But it totally works. It sits in an awesome wood table that has an arm that sticks out to the left, to organize and lay out my sewing. I think it's gorgeous. I used to use it in high school all the time. All the sewing I've done in the last few years has been by hand. I can't tell you how excited I am to have this.