Well, that's sad

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My favorite sewing machine is making me sad. I bought it at a yard sale, years ago. I thought I wanted the cabinet. It is sturdy. Made of metal. Has some stitch choices. Runs like a sewing machine, it usually just purrs. I imagine it is at least fifty years old or so. It is a Singer Touch and Sew. I was hurrying to sew some extra masks before we went to Oklahoma for the funeral, and I ran out of bobbin thread. I refilled the bobbin, but now the needle strikes on something inside the bobbin and feed dog compartment. I cannot figure it out. I even broke one needle the other day. Tonight I wanted to get started on the masks for my daughter and I thought all I would have to do would be to put in a heavy duty needle, but it is still striking on something. I lowered the feed dog, opened and removed the throat plate. I removed all the lint, but I still cannot move the part that seems to have gotten out of line. I had to switch to another machine. I do not like it as well. It was one my niece bought for one project, then gave it to my older sister, who was living with me and my sister gave it to me so I would have a portable machine that I could take to sewing classes. It is not nearly as nice. I have a machine I bought from a friend who needed money. It does not work, but maybe I can get it to. My sister in law wants to give me her old machine, that does not work. She thinks I may be able to get it to. If I am going to get back into sewing, I need a good machine, that works well.Are there any sewing machine mechanics in the house?