PFAFF 335 project

[DanishMan]

[DanishMan]

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

Edited February 23, 2020 by DanishMan

[DanishMan]

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

[jimi]

Nice one Soren, glad you got it apart ok. 

[DanishMan]

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.

Edited March 25, 2020 by DanishMan

[DanishMan]

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.

Edited March 25, 2020 by DanishMan

[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.

 

[DanishMan]

[iron1951]

Thanks for the post. I might not say too much, but I will be following along.

[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