PFAFF 145 followed me home

[Albob]

Hi all y'all. It been a long time since I've posed, mostly because I don't have much to say that hasn't been asked and or answered by the gurus here.

Anyway I have tried a few times to sew lighter leathers for wallets and such on my Cowboy 3200,  which I love but we all know it was not made for that kind of work.

I started to hunt for a light to mid weight table top machine to fill the void between the 3200 and a PFAFF 130 I have for sewing fabric interiors on wallets, bags and purses.

I found this 145 about 30 miles from me on Craigslist so I drove out to take a look.

Unfortunately The clutch for the motor drive had been taken off so I was not able to test it on site, however with a little spray gun lube (it was put away dirty several years ago) I was able to spin it by hand and look at all the moving parts. Everything looked pretty good to my untrained eye so I made an offer, he counter offered and met in the middle and it was mine.

As I go through it and clean\lube it up well and mount the servo I got from Mr. Kovar at Toledo Sewing (Same place I ordered my 3200 from) I'll post an update.

I have specific question. What is the range of thread I can expect good results with Min size to Max for this machine?

Thanks in Advance for your input, and thanks for all you've already taught me.

Fredo

San Diego CA. 

[Pintodeluxe]

69, 92, 138 weight thread should sew fine.  

[Albob]

26 minutes ago, Pintodeluxe said:

69, 92, 138 weight thread should sew fine.  

Thank you Pinto

[Johnny]

Fredo

I recently purchase one very similar to yours 145-P-6/1-216C H4LMN I am very happy with mine. I upgraded mine with a servo motor and speed reducer removed the knee lift and installed a peddle, I just could never get used to the knee lift.

I use mostly 92 and 138 thread in leather goods and it sews great never misses a stitch and sews in reverse just as well, my only complaint is the bobbin is small.

John

[Albob]

Well I got up early this morning had coffee and went out to the shop and installed the servo motor I had bought from Bob at Toledo Sewing. Once I finished that I put a little 138 top and 92 bottom thread in it and gave it it's first test run. The results were better than I could hope for from a machine that has been sitting dirty and unused for so long. I can't wait for my order to get here so I can try different needles and thread sizes. I'm holding off on two wallet orders I have so I can use this machine to sew them up vs, sewing by hand.

 I'm happy I bought this machine yesterday I think it's going to fit my needs quiet well. I will need to set up the foot pedal as the geometry isn't very comfortable for me. I have an idea to use a gas pedal out of an older hot rod that has been hanging in my garage for a long time. I think that will get it where I like it and looks mighty fancy to boot.

Once I finished with the test run, I gave Bob a call at Toldeo Sewing and ordered up an assortment of needles and threads in various color and a handful of bobbins. If you looking for customer service to go along with knowledge Bob Stands out in my book. Give him a call, you won't be sorry.

 

Gere's a couple of pictures. I used the needle that came on the machine. Its fairly large however the markings on the needle are scratched up pretty good so I couldn't make out the size. 138 top and 92 in the bobbin. One pic is two layers of 3-4 vegtan with a fold over to make it 3 layers. The other pic is 3 layers of old dry hard 5-6 scrap I had laying around. The walking foot "walked" right over those transitions

Edited January 24, 2020 by Albob
I type poorly

[dikman]

Looks like you got a good one there, stitches look good.