How old is my Pfaff 335?

[Hockeymender]

I had one that looked the same, the original selling dealer dated it to the mid 1960's. 

[wonderland27]

On 2017-05-13 at 8:11 PM, Hockeymender said:

I had one that looked the same, the original selling dealer dated it to the mid 1960's. 

The sixties seems about right. Did you have a serial number plate on the front?

[Hockeymender]

Yes, just the same as the one you have pictured. 

[GPaudler]

I have one just like it and haven't dated it but it's 1960s at the earliest and 1980s at the latest.

If I could only have one sewing machine, this would be it. Unison feed, 8mm (5/16") foot lift,

shortish stitches and smallish maximum thread size - probably 138, but very reliable and versatile.

 

[RockyAussie]

4 hours ago, GPaudler said:

I have one just like it and haven't dated it but it's 1960s at the earliest and 1980s at the latest.

If I could only have one sewing machine, this would be it. Unison feed, 8mm (5/16") foot lift,

shortish stitches and smallish maximum thread size - probably 138, but very reliable and versatile.

 

I know I will regret saying this but I have found that I get a fair bit longer stitch by removing the plate that is around the stitch length lever. I was warned by a mechanic that this may make something in the machine be able to go tooo far but 10 years later I haven't found it to be a problem.I can only say that if you do it check carefully by hand turning it over that there is nothing that touches and you do it at your own risk. Sincerely Brian

[dikman]

Brian, I found the same thing except I filed the bottom of the plate to allow the lever to touch the bottom of the frame slot (can't go any further than that!). I watched all the mechanicals to make sure nothing was touching where it shouldn't and everything works fine.

[GPaudler]

Brian and Dikman, I should have checked-back earlier. Thanks for the pointer, a longer stitch from this machine would be great.

 

[dikman]

You can squeeze a slightly longer stitch by doing this, as there's no other adjustment that I could find internally. But it all helps.