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So I found a video and some better diagrams on line! What did we do before the internet? I rethreaded the top thread according to the better illustrated images online and still no luck.... So i went on to rethread the bobbin according to the directions... still no luck. On a fluke I threaded the bobbin the opposite of what I saw in the diagram and Voila I am sewing again. Weird! fingers crossed that this is my last issue around this for a while!!!! Thanks again for all the help!

Ugh... the sigh of defeat! I think I'm going to have my local service guy come out. A bushing popped out of the bobbin case and I have no idea how it goes in. So FRUSTRATING! I spoke to my service guy today who also recommended I rethread it and tighten my tension, but now my thread is breaking. I'm about to pay him what ever it takes to get this thing working! Thanks for all your feedback! I appreciate any input that might save me a couple hundred dollars!

Thank you for taking the time to respond! I wish the problem I was having was bird nesting as I've dealt with that before. My issue is that the thread is getting tangled/jammed down in and around the case. I have tried changing th top tension with no success. I have not changed the needle as I haven't sewn with the machine but very little cause it's been acting up since I brought it home, but I will try that. I'll call the dealer tomorrow after work and hope that he'll be able to provide some assistance. Just hoping someone would say "Oh I had that problem and it's an easy fix"

I am about to throw my new Pfaff out the window (if I could lift it, it would already be gone)! Hi everyone I'm new here and new to sewing leather with a compound walking foot machine! I got a great deal on a new Pfaff 335 cylinder arm machine. I mostly make pursers/handbags, and just recently started working with leather. When my Bernina dealer told me I was going to ruin my machine if I kept trying to sew leather with it well... my search began. I tried my pfaff in the show room on a few occasions and did not have any issues with it. Now I can't even sew a straight line with out thread getting all bunched up in the bobbin casing and thread breaking and the machine locking up. I don't know if something got bumped during transport or what is going on. Of course since then I have tried to adjust the tension hoping this would help, but I'm scared maybe that has made things worse. I have tried rethreading both bobbin and needle threads per the manual. I even tried the bobbin thread backwards to what the manual said just in case. I have oiled the machine and done everything I can think of to get this machine to sew. As you can imagine I am extremely frustrated when I have this new expensive machine and I can't be productive with it. Oh and i have tried different threads and stitch lengths. I am hoping and praying someone will enlighten me. This machine appears more complicated than I expected, definitely not a plug in and go like my Bernina. My next step is to pay someone to come help me, thankfully I know a semi local service guy. Please help and thank you in advance!