Inside my Pfaff?

HI, I have a pfaff (love it) and also can not figure out how to break into it and clean it out. I pay to have it cleaned $100! Love to know how.

I've been contemplating doing the same thing for my Euro-pro. Look around for a recessed screw on the top and the end. I think those will be the ones holding the cover on. I haven't done mine yet, so I don't know any more than that. Debra in VA See my quilts at

Wrong question. The question is not 'can you get in?' . . . but whether you can do it without doing any harm and can you get it back together okay. . . and would you be voiding your warranty if you have one? Probably the screw holding the side cover on is a torx. You can get a driver that fits at your friendly hardware store. There's usually an absolute batting blizzard going on here and cleaning the upper thread area must be done frequently. Trust me, I do it v-e-r-y carefully. Polly

Just for those who don't know, you can tell a "torx" screw from the star like pattern on the top (where you would usually see a "cross" AKA "phillip's head" or the straight line AKA "flathead") ... a nice set of torx drivers shouldn't cost you more than $10. Anything more is unnecessary as rule, since they're not the kind you'd use every single day.

I bought my last set at Sears for $10 - about 5 years ago ... and I still have'em and use'em! Usually to mod my DS's XBox. ;)

Hugs!!

-- Connie :)

I don't see any screws or recessed spaces or anything. It seems like a solid piece, except there is a seam at the back. Can't tell if it goes this way or that and I'm terrified to put any pressure on it. Is it possible to buy schematics of these machines or something like repair manuals?

Sunny going nuts

And if it's a computerized machine you need to make sure you discharge any static electricity before touching anything inside. My Bernina tech is manic about that. He was showing me something inside my machine but he was a fanatic about me not touching it. He wears a grounding "bracelet" for lack of a better term.

Are there any springs that will come undone if the cover is removed? That is all that keeps me from opening mine. Debra in VA See my quilts at

Look on ebay. If they exist, they will be there. Type in "repair manual" +Phaff +your model number Debra in VA See my quilts at

You have the 7570, not so?

Here are instructions for opening up the 75xx and 14xx series of Pfaffs. I do it quite often, particularly when something gets stuck in the tension disks.

To get that top cover off, you need the machine handle in the "up" position, and then there is a screw way down there in a little cut out near the left side where that handle is attached. Mine is a philips head screw, but some of them might not be. You need a rather long screw driver to get to it. I dont't remove the screw, I just loosen it. Take off the flip up cover first and set it someplace safe. To pull off the left side cover against your needle bar area you only need to loosen the screw a bit there- not remove any screws. I have never taken off the right side cover by the fly wheel, as had no need to do that. Nothing at all to oil on the very bottom most part of the machine base, as that lowest compartment just holds your motherboard instead. There is another smaller verticle mounted board behind the LED panel- I don't let any oil get on that. I would advise not to turn that little bobbin winder adjustment screw next to your bobbin winder at all, unless the top cover it is set into, is off the machine first- there is a little washer (e or c thingie? )on the bottom side of that screw (on the underneath side of the cover) that can drop off and end up deep inside your sewing machine and that is no fun getting it back out. Mine now has a peice of duct tape under it too- just as an extra measure, so that won't ever happen to me again, in case I might forget about that.

Thank you, Kathyl. I used to know about grounding and had forgotten all about it. Big thanks, Polly

I tape a bendable drinking straw into the end of the crevice tool of my vacuum cleaner. With that, I can get all around the bobbin area of my Elna and also up around the light.

Julia in MN

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Sunny wrote:

Tutu, you are amazing. I have printed your instructions so I can hold them in my hand as I have a good look. I am going to f irst get me one of them fancy schmancy grounding bracelets. And a bendable straw.

I love you guys. All questions answered, all the time.

Sunny

Serious question here......what do you do to get grounded, be anti statisized or discharged or whatever you call what you have to do? I have a computerized machine and have never heard of this. What is this bracelet you talk about? I've never heard this even mentioned before in any classes or by the dealer and I've had a computerized machine for years.....obviously an important part of SM education was glossed over somehow :(

Val

To be grounded, all you *really* have to do is, immediately before sticking hands into the innards of your baby, touch bare metal (meaning, unpainted).

*Don't* touch anything else (fabric, carpet, etc) after you do that ... or otherwise you won't be grounded anymore.

I don't usually ground myself before cleaning up my baby (who is computerized) simply because I'm mainly touching plastic. But you bet I do before I swap a HD or mod my son's XBox ... or anything like that where I run the risk of touching something connected to a motherboard, processor, drive, etc.

The bracelet is basically a anti-static piece of plastic (? - it's been so long since I've used one) ... you put it on your wrist and it prevents static build-up - which can zap your computer.

The reason you don't hear about it in classes is that theoretically, unless you tear your SM apart, there's no real reason to need one. If you're opening hatches, doors, etc, that you're *meant* to in the normal maintenance of your machine, you're not running the risk of touching anything sensitive - they're designed that way! Otherwise, you probably would have been given one when you bought your machine! ;)

Anywho, I hope this helped! And I hope I remember things correctly! :)

Hugs!!

-- Connie :)

Not a bracelet - but a way to discharge static shock without getting zapped:

I bought a set of those. Here's another interesting option:

Don't have one of those, but it looks neat!

Iris

The bracelet is usually worn by technicians working on computers. Static is bad for computers. All the wriststrap is is a way to attach a grounding wire to your person. The bracelet variety is only good if you are going to be sitting in the same place for a while, because it has to be attached to something in order to work. Here is a kit to make one:

Here is one in use:

If you have flooring that will soak up the charge, you can wear a strap on your foot that will ground you without being attached to anything else, but most of us do not have such flooring.

Why do I know this stuff?

1) DH used to work in electronics. 2) All the women on both sides of my family do strange things to electrical and magnetic things. We put a grounding strap on my gramma and she was able to watch an entire TV program without strange things happening on the screen. She was so happy over it, that was on the list of the best $10 we ever spent. Me, I cannot wear a battery watch, try not to handle magnetic media too much, and one time I totally wiped out the phone without even actually touching it. Erased the memory, drained the battery, the works. Great big scary blue spark (owyowyowy). So especially in the winter you will see me randomly touching the water taps or gas pipes. This is not some strange fetish, but an effort to ground myself. The cats strongly encourage this habit.

NightMist an electrifying personality

Hubby once (?) zapped four motherboards (same computer) in one week. Every time the IT guys would replace the durn thing, hubby would touch the chasis to remove a floppy disk and *kapow!* he'd blow another one, and so on. It got to the point where they equipped his office with anti-static floor tiles, and made him wear The Bracelet.

But it never happened again after that. We've never been able to figure it out.

-- C>

You don't need to pay money for them. I use one of those coiled- spring doodads men in the 50s used to keep their shirtsleeves up, attached to a single strand of wire screwed into the earth pin of a plug, which goes into one of the house sockets. Anything that sets up a connection between your body and the earth will work.

Now maybe somebody could tell me why men in the 1950s had such a terrible problem with their shirtsleeves falling down that they needed those gadgets? I've only seen them used in movies. Maybe they were really Babe Magnets and wearing one on each of your arms would make Lana Turner or Audrey Hepburn fall into them?

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