Pfaff 335-17B S Journey To The Unknown!

[jimi]

As you can see the basket needs cleaning before going back on again.

Be careful, very small screws ahead!!

[ensitmike]

This is so awesome. I want to do this to a Singer or Adler patcher, hopefully soon 

Edited December 29, 2018 by ensitmike

[jimi]

Now the basket will not fall out we have to put the finger positioner on to hold it in the right place.

[shoepatcher]

Yep.   The black one you did had to be a very early 335 since it was black.  I have seen very few of those machines ever.  The Pfaff 335 was the best in it's class for decades.  The best machine now is the Adler 669 of which I have one.  No other new generation machine in this class.  It is a beast.  Keep up the photos.

glenn

[jimi]

 

Here we have this front assembly plate where the needle plate fixes to and the finger positioner, that is the small plate on the front with the two small screws which will hold the basket in its place and stop it from spinning around. if this happens then you will hear your needle bang and you could do some damage especially if you have a heavy needle in it. One thing about the old black 335, this part has one fixing screw which screws from underneath and seems to be adjustable?? where as this finger is in a fixed position, no adjusting. Someone has put in a domed head screw??

[jimi]

This screw is where your bar moves front to back for your feed dog motion and as you can see the screw has a oiling hole which later comes out the side, well you can see just how much dirt this thing eats!!

[jimi]

Ok so back in and on the arm again.... so do you see that??? when something tells you that something is not right... then it´s not right,right! The arm is raised above the front plate and there is no obstruction where it pivots at the back, also i know from the black 335 this is on top of that front plate. so i quickly put in the needle plate and feed dog and saw that it was pushing it down. Me thinks that someone tried to take it out with a screwdriver and forced it up?? It is difficult to slide out as you need to push down lightly under where that dirty screw was as this is mobile and moves up,down,front,back. this is easier to get out in the black 335, no pushing nuttin just straight out..

I did find one on Ebay yonks ago for ??? 10 euro! so it did come in handy. And yes another dirty hole!

[jimi]

That is a drop in part, no fuss and as you can see it is down to the plate. so the other bar was bent. needle plate screw missing

For putting on the stitch length lever i think it was easier when in position 0. screw the outer part first then tighten in 0 position then put the spring in and tighten.

[jimi]

Binder plate going back on, remember if you are binding then great but if you change out feed dog and needle plate this will probably drive u nuts as it will move your hand if you rest it on it and the screws could mark a leather project, so if you can look for something else. I used a 4-5mm aluminium plate which i recessed out where the screw goes back and forward leaving the plate unmovable.Well you could make it out of plastic if you have a 3d printer or whatever??

I had a small piece of felt left over from the black 335, now i know where it goes??? it gets held on with a small screw on the inside of the head cavity on the left side and is probably oiled regularly as the base of the take up arm touches it every turn. It is almost in the position in the picture, there is a small window at the back outside left where the oil is applied.

[jimi]

Quick clean out, and i think i will put that block in as it might fall out of place?