Hi there, I'm mostly a lurker on this board. Love reading topics from people on the board. Anyway, I have an old Pfaff machine, from the 1980's that the mother board got fried on. The dealer said he probably wouldn't be able to repair it. What should I do with it. The dealer didn't want it. I hate to just put it in the landfill. Any ideas. Thank you.

Maybe give it to the Goodwill...they usually teach people repair skills, so maybe they would want it. Call them to find out if they can use it. Otherwise, maybe a local training program? Anything like that...school, prison.

Is there another repair shop that might want it for parts ?

My mother had one that the same thing happened to. Her repair shop said they don't even make the parts for them anymore. Paint it fancy and make a fun door stop?

I hadn't thought of that with my new computerized machine. Now in addition to figuring out to dispose of old computers, cell phones and other electronics so they don't end up in the landfill I have to add my sewing machine to the list. (Sometime down the road I hope.)

see if lost 51 wants it

Hi,
I am in Australia so not much use to you, but I have a similar aged Pfaff machine and I was talking to a mechanic at the Sydney Quilt show on Friday and he said that most sewing machine repair places won't fix machines of that age but the circuit board is definitely repairable and should not need to be replaced.
I don't know if you can find an independent mechanic in your area, because those machines are pretty tough and worth keeping.
There is a great yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldpfaffpforum/ that might be able to help you out.

Good luck
Glenda

I took mine to an e-waste site. Goodwill and Salvation Army didn't want it. My service guy said he had too many Pfaff parts already.

Sometimes the trade schools, such as ITT Tech, have students work on things like this. Are there any in your area?

give it to a sewing machine collector