Haderimouve

Other effective alternative to the Pfaff 138 : I have a Bernina 217 (some as mine equipped with puler) which zig zag (but also many other stitches with one of the 19 cams that I bought separately) works great in tough materials if not too thick ... Most are 6mmZZ but it's frequent to find 8mmZZ and sometimes 12mmZZ !!!) But it's more rare in the market than a Pfaff 138 and usually cost much more. That said, it's swiss quality lasting about forever ! http://www.ashleyandthenoisemakers.com/blog/2015/5/7/bernina-217-review Here an old Bernina 217 with cams : And the 12mm ZZ (Bernina 217 rebadged Adler) !!!

Hi Kryptonite, hi Uwe, Pfaff mechanic best Guru ! Finally, I was so in hurry to test your adjustments that I went quickly home to "play" with the screwdriver ! First I tried to change the "Factory" eccentric setting : I unscrewed the two bolts and tried to move the axle with the rod : Impossible to move it !!! Maybe with the help of heat ... (The machine is more than 40 years old, everything is very tight on it !), I just gained to loose one bolt in the foundry and spent about half an hour to recover it ! But comparing your machine's setting in the video with my machine's actual setting, I realized that this eccentric on my machine was about to be rightly settled. Then, I had a look to Kryptonite post and read your reply : I tried to settle again according your advices (Compensating the presser foot with 6-7 mm material) and ... Magic ! Now it works superbly!!!! Thank you very much for your help ... This machine was in a Spanish mechanic shop and the specialist told me that the machine was too old, suffered too much, that the repair was impossible : I was so sad and deseperate because I love this old Pfaff machines ; So many 545 that have really worse state of preservation than mine are working fantastic, smoothly ; I didn't believe the mechanic that told me that the machine was out of order and I was right ! Please Uwe, continue to edit more such videos : With your experience and official technical informations of settings, we are all able to fix our old sewing machines. If you plan to visit Spain, I would love to invite you for lunch or dinner here in Madrid ! Thanks a lot, Haderimouve.

Hi Uwe, Pfaff mechanic best Guru ! Finally, I was so in hurry to test your adjustments that I went quickly home to "play" with the screwdriver ! First I tried to change the "Factory" eccentric setting : I unscrewed the two bolts and tried to move the axle with the rod : Impossible to move it !!! Maybe with the help of heat ... (The machine is more than 40 years old, everything is very tight on it !), I just gained to loose one bolt in the foundry and spent about half an hour to recover it ! But comparing your machine's setting in the video with my machine's actual setting, I realized that this eccentric on my machine was about to be rightly settled. Then, I had a look to Kryptonite post and read your reply : I tried to settle again according your advices (Compensating the presser foot with 6-7 mm material) and ... Magic ! Now it works superbly!!!! Thank you very much for your help ... This machine was in a Spanish mechanic shop and the specialist told me that the machine was too old, suffered too much, that the repair was impossible : I was so sad and deseperate because I love this old Pfaff machines ; So many 545 that have really worse state of preservation than mine are working fantastic, smoothly ; I didn't believe the mechanic that told me that the machine was out of order and I was right ! Please Uwe, continue to edit more such videos : With your experience and official technical informations of settings, we are all able to fix our old sewing machines. If you plan to visit Spain, I would love to invite you for lunch or dinner here in Madrid ! Thanks a lot, Haderimouve.

Wouahhh Uwe, thanks a lot, this is a great video that will help me fixing my machine ! I'm not at home right now, tomorrow morning I will do the adjustments and will let you updated. Great forum with great people that share their knowledge, thank you thank you !

Hi Kryptonite, Sorry not to be helpful ... I also have a 545 with EXACTLY the same problem ! Hope that some guys will be able to give some help !

Hi to mechanic specialists ! I'm the owner of some flatbed walking foot machines from Pfaff : one 1245 that run smoothly but also a 545H3 that since I've bought it doesn't work correctly ! It's about to be sure that the machine that I bought in east Spain has suffered a lot at his previous place ... Without any adjustments till now, the machine sew but with a very low presser foot elevation. When the the elevation screw is settled to his maximal height, the presser foot is only 3 mm above the needle plate (or maybe less ...). If I adjust for an example the elevation screw to it's medium presser foot elevation settle. it just doesn't elevated don't feed the piece of leather I'm sewing ! With the max presser foot screw adjustment : If I use the presser foot lever, it elevates to it's 14 mm : I downloaded the technical information of 1245 old cast machine that is close to the 545 but ... It's written in english and I'm completely lost ; I don't even know what lever would give influence in this presser foot elevation !!! Even if I never worked in adjusting my sewing machines, I'm a somewhat good mechanic using properly the lathe and mill about everyday ... Even if I don't need this machine (Because of the 1245 that work), I would be so happy to fix it because I love the design of this machine. When I'm not using a sewing machine or a lathe or mill ... I'm building violins ! Waiting for your help, thank you very much in advance. Greetings from Madrid Spain ! Haderimouve.

Excellent Eric, thank you very much !

Hi Eric, would great to get your documents ! Thanks in advance.

I have a Adler 467 that runs perfectly with the 750W Jacksew servo motor with needle positioner available at www.college-sewing.co.uk (But for sure also sold in the US). I added an aluminium attachment that I made on my lathe for the Needle positioner BUT in the box there is a teflon piece that you can use as well and screw it at the end of your hand wheel , you just have to use a longer allen screw. https://www.college-sewing.co.uk/store/JK-561A-1-220V-750W-1-HP-SERVO-MOTOR-WITH-NEEDLE-POSITION I completed optimizing the system in turning a smaller 40mm pulley for using it instead of the 75 mm delivered with the moto : I'm very happy with it ! The needle positioning when you 've tried it once, impossible to go behind ...

Thank you very much Gregg, I just bought one honey colored this morning ! So I learnt something : The honey Pfaff are younger than the grey "martelé" ones ... My 335 is also honey painted ! Have a good day.

Hi folks, thanks VanRhodes, I finally found out how to set up the needle down and up ... Basically you enter the needle set up program first on the control box, you then set the ring (You have to open the sensor plastic housing, two screws to unscrew) on the right position (there's a window on the ring and you let it coincide with the internal sensor), then you screw firmly the aluminium ring of the sensor on your hand wheel, you have to find a way for immobilizing the sensor and then you confirm the adjustment pressing the left (P) button . Finally... you sew ! In my adjustment, I choosed to always have the needle down but a bottom's pedal push let the needle go up ... a small push at the up of your pedal will let the needle go down. Effectively, you also can adjust the max speed but it won't affect the way the motor is starting : the start will always stay as easy at top speed adjustment or at slow speed adjustment. With my homemade 40mm pulley, it's very easy to start slowly and have a good work's control . This motor has very few features but after all, it's enough for me ... And with the 750W power, the torque is very impressive ! I don't agree with overall quality impression of some of you : For me it seems to be a very good technical stuff, BUT you have to take care to the electric cables connection : If it's not correctly plugged, you will get an error on the control box screen. I bought three of them and I think that I will buy one more if I decide to invest in a other machine (Oh my God, is this possible to happen ???, hahahahaha !!!). Anyway, thanks for the help ... The bad side of this stuff is the (very) poor manual ! hope it helps for new users ...

Uwe, nice to hear your diagnosis : My machine has no corrosion and seem to be well lubricated at even slow speed as well ... I will have a control to that in the next weeks. The truth is that the machine is running very smoothly, I'm very pleased with it. Even if I'm usually using a separate electric bobbin winder, I will use the "in case" 467 bobbin winder to let the machine run to high speed !

Hi Constabulary, I also bought some 750W Jacksew motors for my sewing machines and so far, I'm very happy with them. With my lathe, I made some custom 40 mm aluminium pulleys that work very fine and slow down satisfactorily (for me) the speed of my machines ; I won't install a speed reducer and I would be happy to know the procedure for regulating the NPS ; As I'm not used with this accessory, that the Jacksew motor manual is very unclear, I would appreciate a lot if you could explain us the procedure : On the Control unit and on the (opened) sensor : Maybe it sounds stupid for most of you but personally, I don't understand how to make it work ... Thank you very much for your reply !

Hi everybody ! Thank you very much Eric for all these information about the Adler 467-373 because ... I just bought one ! I have other machines ; among them, a Bernina 217N, a PFAFF 335H3 and a PFAFF 545H3 as well as a 546H3 . All these machines are perfect for my hobby activity and very easy to lubricate and take care of . I just realized that the ADLER 467 is a factory machine usually working 8 hours per day at high speed ... All the contrary of what I'm doing with my sewing machines ! Hope I will find a solution for my new machine lubrification !