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06-03-2012, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by miriam
a Pfaff 260 climbed in my car and followed me home... 
it has a flat bed - awkward bobbin - two belts - cleat type - needs a good clean up but seems like it will be a tank - maybe interesting to see the designs it can make - interesting place to put the motor - it's on the bottom - the machine is very dirty on the outside - inside looks like it was serviced at some point then parked for a while - don't know about the wiring
it has a flat bed - awkward bobbin - two belts - cleat type - needs a good clean up but seems like it will be a tank - maybe interesting to see the designs it can make - interesting place to put the motor - it's on the bottom - the machine is very dirty on the outside - inside looks like it was serviced at some point then parked for a while - don't know about the wiringNancy
06-03-2012, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by melinda1962
Mine will run like a house afire. I would not let my nieces sew with it because it was so fast and I feared it would run away with them and over their little fingers.
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06-03-2012, 03:17 PM
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http://s2.vsmgroup.com/VSM/Pfaff/pfaffmanual.nsf and look for the one you need. Some kind soul on this board pointed me this direction when I got my Pfaff.
06-03-2012, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by irishrose
Coydog is a coyote dog cross. Kylee was half Siberian and half coyote. Mia Joy was 3/4 Siberian and 1/4 wolf. What a joy she was, too. Where? A housing development on the edge in the Manistee National Forest, but within the city limits of town. I am three streets in. The bear was two streets in at 7:15 in the evening. I know we share the area in the night, but I wish they'd stay in the woods during the day. I actually was more apprehensive when I met a wild coyote at 9:00 one evening with the two dogs I have now. Coyotes are so unpredictable.
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06-03-2012, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
Wow Melinda, I will have to run the 306w that is still sitting here to see if it sews fast or slow - since they are basically the same thing! I never had a motor on my 319w to see how it sews with a motor, but as a treadle it is pretty slow! I thought the slow speed was just because of the straight leg treadle it is sitting in?
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06-03-2012, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
Wow Melinda, I will have to run the 306w that is still sitting here to see if it sews fast or slow - since they are basically the same thing! I never had a motor on my 319w to see how it sews with a motor, but as a treadle it is pretty slow! I thought the slow speed was just because of the straight leg treadle it is sitting in?
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For example, I did a serpentine stitch on my binding on the 319 last week and it was slooooow. I did the same stitch on my Elna 62C and it was probably twice as fast.
http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/...cglp3a&newfp=1
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06-03-2012, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
Miriam, what color is the 260? Grey or green?
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06-03-2012, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by melinda1962
http://s2.vsmgroup.com/VSM/Pfaff/pfaffmanual.nsf and look for the one you need. Some kind soul on this board pointed me this direction when I got my Pfaff.
Ok I got it to work!!! NOW I'm doing the happy dance!!!
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06-03-2012, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Candace
Here's a video... kind of long. But, my machine is just as fast as this and is not what I consider to be fast compared especially to my 401, Elnas and other vintage machines. I guess it's what you have to compare to or are used to. The motor on the 319 is only .5(I think) which is a pretty weak motor.
For example, I did a serpentine stitch on my binding on the 319 last week and it was slooooow. I did the same stitch on my Elna 62C and it was probably twice as fast.
http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/...cglp3a&newfp=1
For example, I did a serpentine stitch on my binding on the 319 last week and it was slooooow. I did the same stitch on my Elna 62C and it was probably twice as fast.
http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/...cglp3a&newfp=1
06-03-2012, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by melinda1962
Mine will run like a house afire. I would not let my nieces sew with it because it was so fast and I feared it would run away with them and over their little fingers.
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