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DanishMan

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  1. Thank you Jonas My guess was 50 kgs. A few months ago I put a hot press machine into my car - weighing 70 kgs. Heavy duty stuff. Cheers Søren PS - It is a 204-64
  2. Dear Friends I have bought an Adler 204 at an auction in Denmark.. I am going to pick it up next week. Any of you know how much the machine head weighs itself? Cheers DanishMan
  3. Dear Friends Yesterday I found an Adler 204 at an auction in Denmark. I won the auction, and now my quiestion is whether an 204-64 has reverse? Anyone who knows? Cheers Danishman
  4. After parting out the 543, I decided to take the 145 apart as well, as it was immense dirty. I use a water based industrial cleaner for washing all the parts and the machine itself.
  5. First thing was to part out the PFAFF 543. Not difficult, when you do it in the right order. The most difficult thing is always to remove the main shaft. Before attempting to remove the main shaft - the take up lever must be removed. It is pretty easy, but it can only be removed in a very specific position. Regarding the main shaft, obviously one need to loosen all the screws in the gears, eccentrics etc, but still it is often very difficult. I have have found, that over time, the outer part of the main shaft often has small burs, gouges etc from years of use, in which the hand wheel has been on and off several time. These small damages makes it virtually impossible to remove the main shaft. They have to be removed first. Use a fine file or sandpaper. Using another main shaft - and a rubber hammer - prevents burs at the end of the main shaft.
  6. Finally I will fit a stronger take up lever to the machine, enabling it for heavy duty sewing.
  7. Also I will use the feed lifting shaft of the 543
  8. I will part of the 543 and use the following parts from the 543 The eccentric of the 543 including push rod. The hook saddle holding the bobbin case of the PFAFF 543
  9. Dear Friends On a Facebook forum about industrial sewing machine mechanics somebody recently asked, if it was possible to change the bobbin case of a PFAFF 145 to the larger bobbin case of a PFAFF 545. I have done this on two 145s a few years ago, and it is a fairly simple process. I have decided to replace the bobbin case of an old PFAFF 145 with the bobbin case of a PFAFF 543, which is also used on the PFAFF 545. At the same time, I will use the extra eccentric of the 543, which enables the four-motion feed of the feed dog. The PFAFF 545 does not have this movement, but machines like the PFAFF 1245, 1445, 1525 etc have this feed dog motion. PFAFF 145 and PFAFF 543
  10. Dear Friends For the past 5 years, I have restored 15+ skiving machines. Most have been Fortunas, but there have also been Danias, Vilhelm Pedersens, KAEVs etc. Right now, I am working on an older Fortuna, which I found in Poland. The machine was complete, but one part was not original. I am looking for the arm, that direct the belt for the grinding wheel. I have enclosed two photos. They are not of my machine, but of another Fortuna machine, which shows the missing part. If anyone has this part as a spare, I would like to buy it. Kind regards Danish Man
  11. Dear Friends I am looking to buy a PFAFF 1445, but I find it difficult to interpret the number plate. On the first line it says 1445 706/07-900/56 Below it says 901-1445 02/015 I am pretty sure, that the "901" refers to the trimming function. Does anyone here know the maximum stitch length and how much material can you put under the foot. Kind regards Danish Man
  12. Hi Keegan I have taken 15 skiving machines apart over the last couple of years. I am not quite sure, what you mean. Do you mean, how to remove the scrap ejector? Cheers Søren
  13. It should be fairly easy to replace this spring.
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