Originally Posted by
maminstl
I recently dragged out my older machines to take them for a spin. My Pfaff 7570, inherited, kept chewing up the leading edge of my fabric while trying to sew little squares on a 45 degree angle. My Bernina 1120 had absolutely no problem with this. I finished up the day with a renewed love for my Bernina, but puzzled about the 7570. Both of these weigh a ton, maybe a ton and a half for the Bernina.
Sounds like the Pfaff may need a trip to the sewing machine doctor. I occasionally had problems like that, not often, but if I did I just used leader squares to get things rolling, then when the chain got going it did fine.