Thread: My 45.00 yard find today 1-18-14

Very good. Beautiful cabinet. Hope you got some attachments but can't complain when you get that pretty of a cabinet to go with it.

Wow. I would think that being a Pfaff 1966, it has to be good. It looks great & the cabinet alone is wonderful.
Good for you!

It looks absolutely wonderful! Even though I gave up my vintage machine collection years ago, this is one that would have been unbearably tempting.

Congratulations. That should be a great machine. I don't have the 360, but I do have a 332. It was purchased new for my mother by my father in 1957. It's the machine I learned to sew on starting at about age 8 (I'm 50 now) and my mother gave it to me in the late 1980s when she purchased a new Pfaff. She has told me that almost immediately after she gave it to me that she regretted doing so as the new one just didn't compare. It has sewn so much stuff from silk to leather that I have almost worn the finish completely off of it.

It (likely if it's like mine) has a metal-cleated cotton motor belt as well as timing belt. Whenever you clean it or oil it be very very careful to not get any water or oil on that belt as it will cause the cotton part to fail more quickly. They have discontinued making the belts, so they are hard to come by. My belt has been replaced twice since it was new (once in the 1970s and once in the 1990s) and it is beginning to fail and I haven't found a replacement and I've taken it to three different sewing repair shops--have only seen some used ones on a UK site, but am wary of those.

It has a built-in camstack to do decorative stitches. There is a plastic stitch wheel that demonstrates how to make the different stitches. If your machine didn't come with that accessory, then join the oldpfaffphorum yahoo group and look at their files section and I believe they have a pdf you can print out and put together. They are also very knowledgeable in that group and can answer any questions you might have.

My old Pfaff has sewn things that other machines just quit on--including quilts made from denim and canvas and topstitching welt pockets on a leather vest that a commercial upholstery machine was skipping stitches on. Truly great machines.

Since I've had no luck finding a new replacement belt, I've been collecting other vintage machines to try to find one that would do what it would and the closest so far is a Necchi BU.

Enjoy your new toy.

The cabinet is beautiful hopefully the machine works , And I bet is does GREAT find

It's beautiful as is the cabinet! I hope it works great & I'm sure it will. Enjoy!

Beautiful cabinet and great looking machine.

Originally Posted by Jazzmyn

I did look at the belts but have NO idea what a cotton belt looks like, it does have the 2 cleated belts that look black, what I could tell from looking at them they look like they are new..not worn anywhere that I could tell.

Jassmyn, those are the cotton belts. When they are new they are a light beige/natural color but they pick up the black from the machine. If it's sewing fine, they're okay. When the motor belt is about to fail, it will slip or sometimes slide off as it stretches and can be tightened but then eventually breaks. They will sew for many years before wearing out.

Checking for extra belts at your local repair place is a good idea. Get whatever ones they have for future need.

Very cool machine!

That is a great machine and the cabinet is stunning - so glad you found it!

I really like the looks of the "vintage" cabinet hope the machine works as well as the cabinet looks. Sounds like you got a great deal.

Great machine and cabinet! Congrats on your deal!

Originally Posted by NapaJohn

It (likely if it's like mine) has a metal-cleated cotton motor belt as well as timing belt. Whenever you clean it or oil it be very very careful to not get any water or oil on that belt as it will cause the cotton part to fail more quickly. They have discontinued making the belts, so they are hard to come by. My belt has been replaced twice since it was new (once in the 1970s and once in the 1990s) and it is beginning to fail and I haven't found a replacement and I've taken it to three different sewing repair shops--have only seen some used ones on a UK site, but am wary of those.

Hi, Is this what you need? http://www.ebay.com/itm/PFAFF-1222-S...-/261361330066

Sorry - found a picture and the ebay listing is for a diiferent model. All I found was a reply to someone that said it was Pfaff part # 60271.