A new Pfaff 230 is coming home with me!
08-09-2018, 06:36 PM
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A new Pfaff 230 is coming home with me!
http://www.do-bid.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?dobid115/118/6
Not sure if this works, but I will try to post a link.
Heading out in the morning to pick it up. I know nothing about Pfaff cabinets, is that cabinet a Pfaff?
Thanks
Jim
Not sure if this works, but I will try to post a link.
Heading out in the morning to pick it up. I know nothing about Pfaff cabinets, is that cabinet a Pfaff?
Thanks
Jim
08-09-2018, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Friar_Tuck
...is that cabinet a Pfaff?
This one is very typical of a mid-50's early 60's Pfaff. There may be an identifying stamp or plate inside the cabinet indicating that it was made for them. (Some Necchi's have such). Those 'Danish styled' bulky square drawer pulls are a dead giveaway. Put me in a room full of sewing machine cabinets and it's the ones with that exact 'look' that I'll want to open first. =) Looks like a lovely piece - just, you know, throw out that can of 3'n1.
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08-10-2018, 08:43 AM
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Just picked it up and am very happy so far. Everything that came with the machine in March of 1957 is still with it, right down to the test piece of cloth from Pfaff. Not sure why it is, but it seems that every vintage machine I buy comes with a bottle of that dang oil, which makes me think that as much as we now know of much better oils, these old beauties were kept alive for us with a steady diet of 3in1. All of the controls are free, even the ZZ dial. Now to get him home and cleaned up!
08-10-2018, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Steelsewing
Maybe someone knows the answer to this, but it 'seems' as if both Pfaff and Necchi used the same cabinet maker?
This one is very typical of a mid-50's early 60's Pfaff. There may be an identifying stamp or plate inside the cabinet indicating that it was made for them. (Some Necchi's have such). Those 'Danish styled' bulky square drawer pulls are a dead giveaway. Put me in a room full of sewing machine cabinets and it's the ones with that exact 'look' that I'll want to open first. =) Looks like a lovely piece - just, you know, throw out that can of 3'n1.
This one is very typical of a mid-50's early 60's Pfaff. There may be an identifying stamp or plate inside the cabinet indicating that it was made for them. (Some Necchi's have such). Those 'Danish styled' bulky square drawer pulls are a dead giveaway. Put me in a room full of sewing machine cabinets and it's the ones with that exact 'look' that I'll want to open first. =) Looks like a lovely piece - just, you know, throw out that can of 3'n1.
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08-10-2018, 10:42 AM
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Wow! This is a first. It was threaded, with a piece of cloth under the pressure foot, and when I plugged it in it sewed like a dream. Having all the paperwork oil can, etc etc made me feel like I opened a time capsule to 1957.
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08-10-2018, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Friar_Tuck
Wow! This is a first. It was threaded, with a piece of cloth under the pressure foot, and when I plugged it in it sewed like a dream. Having all the paperwork oil can, etc etc made me feel like I opened a time capsule to 1957.
My first Rocketeer came that way. Cloth under the needle, all the ephemera, cam sets, the works.
So rare that it happens like that. Enjoy it.
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