DanishMan

Dear Friends I have spent the day preparing and adjusting a PFAFF 545. I am 99% satisfied. One question though. Does the vibrating presser move too much laterally when leaving the needle plate. Brgds DanishMan'

I might consider to drill holes in my machine and mount a lifting device with power exchange. I have not decided yet, as it is an older model - and I am painting it black.

I think you are right. So the foot lift on the older 335's must have been heavier, than the later ones.

Hi Shoepatcher I might consider som parts from China, but I prefer older original parts, if I can find them. But right now China is closed due to corona. Brgds Danishman

Dear Friends I have a question about the old PFAFF 335 presser foot lift. On most 335 there is some kind of mechanism to minimise the power needed on the foot pedal. On the older machines, there is no such mechanism. In stead a chain is going from the tip of the lifting arm through a hole in a corner of the machine base. My question is if, any of these machines have had knee lift - or if the only presser foot lifting is via the foot pedal, which requires more power, than those with the power exchange. Take care DanishMan

Hi Iron You are welcome. I am not progressing that quick - at least not until now, where I am laid off due to corona. I would like the paint to harden for a few weeks, before I continue the work. I am also about to finish a PFAFF 545, and I am about to receive an old PFAFF 145 from Germany (black one). So all in all, I have enough to do. Cheers DanishMan

Fortunately I had an old PFAFF 27, which I was parting out. I could use the bracket from that one. However the screws were stupendously tight - heating etc had no effect, so I had to drill out the screws at the end.

As mentioned in the beginning, the machine was incomplete. As most of you know, PFAFF parts are extremely expensive to get. The plan is to find the missing parts down the road. While taking the machine apart, I found the "tilting bracket" to be broken in the corner.

After dissambly, I used my bench grinder to remove the paint. While the grey hammorite was easy to remove, the primer was very sticky. I used about 4 hours to get the job finished. Then I primed the parts with hammorite primer, using a brush. I had thinned the paint slightly and the result turned out to be quite good. For the colour, I had initially decided on hammorite silver grey, which is a bit off from the original colour. Again using a brush, the result turned out to be less good. I had thinned the paint, but the cover became too thick............. Change of plans. I decided to paint the machine black instead. As the 335 B17 comes in both black and grey, I figured this to be the best solution. Using a hammorite spray, the result became very good. The trick is to spray every 10-15 minutes - wet on wet.

Thank you for you inputs Cheers

Dear friends I am going to paint a PFAFF 335, that I bought recently. Pretty shitty conditions. Can anyone hear maybe reveal, what the PFAFF colour is called, when using hammerite paint? Brgds DanishMan

I recently bought a PFAFF 335 in Bulgaria. It was also damaged in transport. The stitch regulator being torn off. It is fairly simple to remove that one. I will see, if I can make a video. Cheers DanishMan

I actually think I have a binding bracket somewhere

Next thing will be to grind down the machine on the outside for painting.

Today I took the machine apart. Four extremely tight screws underneath - one of which had to be drilled out in order to remove it. And then two pins holding the machine together, but two small wedges did the job. Then a thorough cleaning before using plenty of WD40

Hi Mike That is actually my thought as well. I will also drill two more holes in the side in order to fit "foot lift" Cheers DanishMan

All in all the machine is in much worse condition, than expected. The ruined needle bar rocker assembly alone is a set back. The plan is to grind the machine down and paint it. And then over time, to find the missing parts.

Removal of the shaft was a bit easier, than I expected. I have taken a few machines apart before, and I have found the bewel gear to be very difficult to remove. Fortunately I have a main shaft from a PFAFF 142, which I can use.

To be able to remove the main shaft, every thing in the front had to be removed. I learned, that the needle frame assembly was more or less broken in two peaces. Weird how this happened. Possibly a shipping damage, as the machine was not properly packed - still weird. In the shipping process the presser bar regulating assembly had also broken off - and the stitch length lever. In order to remove the main shaft, I had to cut off the two outer centimeters of the shaft. And then as the main shaft was rusty inside the machine, I had to grind as much rust off to enable the shaft to be removed.

When I saw pictures of the machine before buying it, I suspected main shaft to be bend at the handle wheel. I was right, and the main shaft has to be removed and replaced. For that reason, everything in the front of the machine has to be removed. Small things reveal, that the machine has been repaired with whatever they had. One example is the side cover. The original screw has broke or gone missing at some point. Problem solved by inserting a nut from the inside and attaching a bolt on the outside. The threading most likely ruined

Today I started to look at the PFAFF 335, that I had shipped from Bulgaria two weeks ago. I knew, that the machine was in a sorry state from the look of it. Scratches all over and un-complete. However, as the machine was only 80 USD (including shipping), I could always part it out - the needle bar rocker assembly alone would be worth 80 USD.

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