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*adhdfashion*
I saw your rec. Pfaff below, and I`m just curious which machine you have and how long you?ve had yours. I have a Pfaff that?s 11 years old (Stretch and Jeans) and a friend of mine has an expression (forget the model but 2000ish) same vintage and she and I have similar problems with them. I like mine ok, but my local dealer was pretty meh about them and rec. a Babylock serger over a Pfaff, or a Bernina or Brother, for that matter.
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Re: *adhdfashion*
I have a 1475 the light gray and purple model. I bought it used 10 years ago. ( I'm not quite sure how old it is actually) LOL Good lord, I'm getting old that's when I graduated from design school. I also have a Pfaff serger a Cover Style its a couple years old I bought new. My mother has 3 other Pfaff's, a 1475, the same serger as me, and a brand new she bought this year. I can't remember the model number. Its has one horse motor, with the extra wide work arm, and the knee lift option. I would also rec 7570. I have worked on one for week at a sewing camp, loved it.
My sister has the the really old brown and beige model Pfaff that runs like a champ. Honestly, I just think you cant beat German engineering.
What problem are you running into with your machine? Maybe I could help you trouble shoot it.
The problems I have with my machine are design problems according to the dealer, and Pfaff doesn?t design the bobbin case the same way they used to. Sometimes the upper tension freezes up, too. It?s apparently a common problem with machines from this era.
I have one of the last machines made in Germany, all the machines today are made in China which I don?t like. They carry a pretty hefty price tag for something that?s not made in Germany anymore. But that seems to be the way of most German companies now...there are a few companies that still manufacture here, but not many :-( At least VW and Miele still produce here.
Hmm, that's interesting. My sewing machine is made in Germany. I wonder why they change the bobbin shuttle? Or the threading. I'll have to take a closer look at my mom's new machine. To see what's different. I know you have to thread through an eye in the shuttle. Because its very close to their industrial model with stitches per sec. That's the only way to keep the thread from breaking at high speed. I was under the impression they where still producing the steel parts and motor assemble in Germany. Then the tech end and plastic casing was being put together in Japan, in the newer models. Like my serger......
Well, now I'm going to go take apart my Mom's machine! LOL You have me wondering.
* Side note have you adjusted the tension screw in the bobbin shuttle? A half turn makes a huge difference in the tension.
I probably didn?t describe it right, but not the actually bobbin case, but where you put the bobbin in the machine has changed (I was told anyway) because there is a small spring somewhere that causes problems? Mine has never been enough of a problem to actually be replaced, but they told me they had seen a lot of them and that Pfaff had changed this.
Pfaff went bankrupt in 1999 and sold-off it?s rights for house-hold machines to Husqvarna and the industrial stuff went to China. The only machines made in Germany today (according to Wiki) are some specialized industrial machines, the rest comes from China. I?ve read in some forums that the more expensive "Pfaff"s are made in Sweden, but I?m not sure that it?s really true. The long and the short of it, only the name is German now.
Is your bobbin top loading? If Pfaff is making top loading bobbins they will get a nasty letter from me! Seriously.......Top loading bobbins are the worse design on the planet.
Pfaff in 1999 was bought out by a well known respect Italian sewing machine company. I read that article very interesting!
I think something must have changed since then because my newer serger is made in Japan. I wouldn't say its high end it was a work horse model that was $1500.
(I would say this is the most interesting conversation, I have ever had on the nest!)
The reason I rec Pfaff's. I have never been disappointed with their performance. I've personally have never had a single problem using them or teaching students to use them. I just hate seeing these girls buying any machine that costs $300 brand new. Because after a year of frustration it's going to be a glorified paper weight not worth fixing. $300 dollars will buy them an older used Pfaff that was $2000+ in its hay day. Which I really feel will serve them better in the end.
The other machine brand I like is older Bernina's. I can't rec the new because I haven't used them. Have you used any of the newer Bernina's?