I bought a Pfaff 230 about a year ago. It is a somewhat heavily built household sewing machine and can be considered a bit like a little sister to the Pfaff 138. Where household machines have typically been sold with motors with a maximum shaft power of 40 W, the Pfaff 230 was sold in Denmark with a larger motor with a shaft power of 80 W, which could make them sew at a maximum speed of approx. 1900 stitches/minute. According to German sources, the machine can withstand speeds of up to 2500 stit