Pfaff 1245 Refurbish Clean Assemble Adjust Thread Sew

[@AlexanderDyer]

Thanks Everybody for checking out my video! I really appreciate all the support that I get from you guys.

[@003bmj]

Alexander Dyer Hi thanks for the video. Can you u tell me what you use in the spray bottle to clean them please.

[@asimkarimov6470]

Thank you for your video. I like it so much. 1245 is one of the best maybe the top flat heavy machine ever built! I am renovating 3 of them at the same time, so it was interesting to watch.

[@AlexanderDyer]

Diesel Fuel with a respirator and a well ventilated outdoor shop with no open sparks or flames.

[@003bmj]

Alexander Dyer thankyou

[@vitorbernard9142]

@@AlexanderDyer de nada 9p

[@ricromrec]

This is so impressive, cannot believe how easy you make taking something apart & putting it back together look. AMAZING, you have a great mind.

[@albaneforleather]

The 1245 was my very first sewing machine. I bought it in 1980. I still have it. She lives in my workshop. But I almost never use it.I used her every single day for over 30 years. She has made miles and miles of stitches. She deserves to sit in all her glory. Truly my favorite machine. Thanks for making this video I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@AlexanderDyer]

That is awesome @Al Bane and thanks for all you have taught me. I have watched many of your videos. Pay it forward.

[@rpolisher]

THANK YOU!! I've searched off and on for days and you are the only person to DEMONSTRATE actually cleaning a machine with kerosene. (Or, in diesel LOL!) I have a Pfaff 230 I'm working on. Your video is a life saver. And better than the last 5 movies I've watched. Thanks again!

[@AlexanderDyer]

🌸🌸🌸

[@emiliafernandez5099]

No one takes care to learn but I do love wach your hands working the old machines

[@AlexanderDyer]

Cool, Thanks

[@TheSliverleaf]

Beautiful machine and the sound it makes is perfection!

[@drmichaelelinski6992]

You are truly a wizard, being able to take apart and reassemble these complex mechanical machines. Thanks again for this great demonstration. I appreciate your work very much! Thank you!

[@petersiliekrause2203]

Oh wow! She’s like an old lady, coming out of a beauty salon: Not ridiculously new, but totally refreshed and relieved of stress 😉 Great job, regards from Germany 🇩🇪

[@Caintuckee64]

I like these vintage machines, I got interested when my Grandmother gave me her old singer. I used that experience later in life when I got a job sewing leather seats for Honda and Jeep! The modern machines sound like gattlin guns when you step on the pedal! LOL!

[@AlexanderDyer]

Nice grandma!

[@Caintuckee64]

Sweet little lady! Thank you!

[@labrat7357]

Great job. That walking foot sure comes down with a lot of authority. The only issue with me taking things apart like this is the extra bits left at the end. All the best

[@samreynolds3789]

😂 🤣😂😅😂☺️😛

[@nickking8317]

🤣🤣🤣🤣taking photos helps

[@helendurow8211]

So my little old pfaff 260 doesn't even feature on your radar !!! I love it !!! Keep up the Excellent work !!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@fun_ghoul]

Using the muffin tin for small parts assemblies is a stroke of genius. Bravissimo!

[@DonHarden]

Wow! I can see a lot of reasons why a tear down and clean like that needs to be done by a profession like yourself!

[@seanburke1999]

Great video gives you a chance to see the whole machine and how it goes together - thank you so much for sharing 👌

[@AlexanderDyer]

🙏

[@thevintagestitchgarage5524]

So soothing to watch, I choose this over anything on TV. Thanks for making the videos.j

[@randyfernando4442]

Holy smokes! You disassembled it as if you invented the machine! You’re a genius. 👍🏻👍🏻👏👏 I Could not believe how it shines too! Like brand new. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@AlexanderDyer]

You are funny. Thank you. Glad you liked it.

[@UniversalEngineer]

You are so skilled, experienced, and talented. Thank you!

[@drmichaelelinski6992]

You’re a wonderful teacher, I learn more watching your videos 2 or 3 times. Thank you.

[@pappi3]

Sturdy and quality machine. No plastic. Its brilliant.

[@horaciocastillo1435]

Thanks alex for another great video on walking foot machines. You are a super MASTER on this subject.

[@foozmanagement6513]

I just scored an old Pfaff wheel feed post bed that needs a serious clean. Thanks so much for your guidance.

[@virginiadouglas9449]

i absolutely forever love this machine thank you

[@nelzabraga8560]

Tenho o maior respeito por máquinas Pfaff, a minha tem mais de 70 anos, ñ vendo e ñ troco, obrigada pela dica de manutenção

[@nelzabraga8560]

Bom dia!

[@nelzabraga8560]

A minha máquina deixada por herança ainda funciona normalmente, eu a amo, ela tem todo meu respeito. Agradeço a vocês pela grandiosa atenção! Obrigada!

[@elipadilla8186]

I sew every day with a 1245 awesome machine very reliable just like this one🤟

[@AlexanderDyer]

Nice 👍

[@lindamendoza2792]

Excellent job on how you make it look so easy. Can't wait to see your next project. Have a nice day.

[@AlexanderDyer]

Thank you so much.

[@jimhooper4252]

I really enjoyed this video . You must find this work very satisfying. I am amazed at your skill patience and knowledge. Thanks

[@AlexanderDyer]

Good, I do find this work satisfying. Thank you for the kind words, I appreciate you saying so.

[@macswanton9622]

This is the first time I've seen the proper thread routing for this machine on youtube

[@AlexanderDyer]

I get lucky every once in a while.😌

[@drmichaelelinski6992]

Alexander, you’re too modest.

[@deeztube1]

I'm learning how to service all brands of sewing machines so your videos are going to be so helpful. Thank you so much!!!

[@nealhere]

That was a fun video. I hope to bring my dirty 145 inheritance back to life like that. All the best neal SW Fla

[@dannyl2598]

Thanks for the information and the quick reply. After watching your video on servo motors I Plan to order the one you recommend, through though your link. I had no idea that they were that affordable. Thanks

[@emiliafernandez5099]

Asombroso!!! I appreciate you work, I do like profesional this days that nothing is valuable, thanks from Spain

[@vsmetc7305]

I’ve got into vintage domestic machines, and restoring them and started sewing. I’m thinking of getting an industrial machine. I enjoyed this video. I wish you would have narrated what you were doing while filming as I would have understood the process better. I’ve caught some of your other videos and enjoyed them too

[@AlexanderDyer]

I narrate some and go for these ambient sounds on others. These style videos are actually more challenging for me to make than the narrated ones. Learning takes many forms and if you are curious you will watch again until you can figure out what it is that is alluding you.

[@vsmetc7305]

I liked the video. Reminded me restoring a singer 403 recently. All scrubbed down and relubricated. I watched some of your videos more then once

[@airnashville3883]

I watched this while stoned this afternoon and it was awesome!

[@joemoraleda9128]

Very inspiring video, thanks for sharing your knowledge .

[@luannerolly7175]

That's a fantastic video - thank you! I was just gifted a Pfaff 1245 and am going to be watching this video a lot. Question: When initially cleaning the exterior and parts, what are you using in the spray bottle - light oil? A solvent of some type? Some of the aqueous based parts cleaner you show later in the video?

[@samueltaylor4989]

GIFTED?! How the hell did you get that kind of luck?

[@UFOENGINE]

Well, just some little cleaning here and there. 😁 The real deal would be taking everything apart to the last piece, clean from A to Z thoroughly until it shines like brand new, reassemble and then we talking. 😎 However, that sewing machine is a BEAST!

[@AlexanderDyer]

You do you.

[@ramloganfracic5761]

Thank you,I appreciate this .You have skillfully hands. I also repair my sewing machine. Good luck.

[@PathsOfReason]

Thank you so much , I love sewing machines and I collect them.

[@jparadise5336]

I enjoyed everybit of it!

[@AlexanderDyer]

Great!

[@autouniontypeA]

Brilliant work as always. Thank you

[@myJTP]

This was oddly satisfying to watch! Thanks so much!

[@AlexanderDyer]

Thanks for the feedback.Maybe you would like this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKiVgKqCj89mjpI

[@PRNadh]

Excellent work done 👍👌

[@medihaninelisleridunyasi1210]

Selamun aleyküm hayırlı sabahlar çok güzel paylaşim olmuş eline emeğine sağlık ☕🎁🔔👈

[@syedsayeedurrahmanzaini4221]

Thanks for uploading this important video.

[@nealhere]

AAAAhhhhh I was too impatient Looks like Haas Parts Wash.. But still having a tuff time finding a service manual. I have an instruction manual on the way but I hear there is a differenced. It's. labor day weekend. Have a nice one

[@valeriizozulia2244]

- That's great. The master works - you can have fun. Thank you.

[@kennedy67951]

Just my opinion, I think you should have taken the entire machine apart and then cleaned every part. Every bearing surface should have been polished to a mirror shine.The bearings should have been checked possibly replaced and so on. JB weld most likely want hold plastic together for very long so, you'll have do that work over. Maybe you could have cut threads in the oilier box and added a threaded tube coupling or just made a new oilier box or, ordered one from a supplier. You did a fine job putting this video together. Thank you for your time.

[@AlexanderDyer]

Thank you for your opinion James Kennedy. Come back often.

[@nounousami6457]

Quel bonne réparation... Je suis très content de voir CR vidéo technique .

[@carmelofarrugia5855]

These were good reliable sewing machines we had the twin needle version with needle bar transport .

[@ca6177]

Nice work! Lots of parts, I would definitely lose them or put them them in the wrong place!

[@hosseinhayati9820]

Thank you for sharing. I've just purchased a preowned PFAFF 487-G and it soen noe have bobbin and the bobbin "top holder/hat". I want to do a cleaning and need to see/find out more about the bobbin part. Appreciate all the help I get :)

[@StopTheWastePark]

Thanks for all the great videos, Pfaff 145 newbie here and love them. Liked and subscribed!

[@josegaite584]

Hello! Is there much difference in the 545 models and the 1245? Thanks!!

[@CP-uz5zl]

Thanks for this magnificent video, Alex!

[@AlexanderDyer]

💙👍🙏

[@Lapeerphoto]

$1 Muffin tin. Good buy! ;) - Great vid. Thanks for sharing! You are a talented man.

[@AlexanderDyer]

You have a sharp eye for a bargain. Thank you much.

[@deltajohnny]

Excellent video, really useful!!! I have the newest PFAFF1245 and I am sure that this vídeo is going to help me really a lot when I need to adjust or clean my machine 👏👏👏👏👏👏 Thank you very much and keep up the good work! 👍👍😉😉

[@AlexanderDyer]

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[@WallStreet749]

Thinking about buying a Pfaff 1245 don't know too much about the machine would you say it a good or a great machine? I also wander if buying parts would be difficult.

[@danbarnhill297]

Nice video I enjoyed watching you. Thank you for sharing

[@ca6177]

Nice work! Wish I knew just a little of what you know about sewing machines!

[@AlexanderDyer]

Thanks for that, so nice.

[@Swagz1981]

Reminds me of an episode of hand tool rescue. Thanks for this!

[@AlexanderDyer]

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[@JebbAdams]

I did enjoy this very much! Liked, subscribed. Thanks for your tutorials!

[@maylurg]

Incrível! Grande Profissional, estou olhando e impressionada! Parabéns!

[@donfranzini100]

Great video... thank u for the time spent... I’ve been instructed to not thread over the the pin on the tension discs ... but Ive heard the opposite.... not sure who was right....

[@AlexanderDyer]

I too have seen both ways and I have used both methods. I have threaded so many machines that I believe the recommendation varies among manufacturers but I can't be sure. I have found that both methods work for me regardless of which one is "right". I talk a little about multiple thread paths in this video that you may find of interest. Thanks for your comment. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHO9iWmprNyGl5I

[@cuidandodaminhabebereborn4661]

Parabéns pelo seu trabalho 👍👍 muito bom nota 10000

[@AlexanderDyer]

Thanks

[@olegstepanets1766]

Отличная работа!

[@AlexanderDyer]

🙂

[@LeroyHenderson-qr6gs]

I am learning how to help my self

[@AlexanderDyer]

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[@lizdejesus5578]

thank you

[@jayrock4ya]

I bet them muffins taste great!! Nice video!!

[@reynamarcialhernandez8690]

Excelente trabajo y trabajan muy bien esas maquinas

[@izzetacur412]

Eline sağlık usta güzel olmuş

[@anton_youtube_1]

Good sewing machine. Good job.

[@AlexanderDyer]

I Agree. Thank you.

[@userkymasluva]

Працюєм на такій машинці 20 років, Вона супер, працює безвідказно

[@traviss6564]

Wow can't tell you how much I loved the video...and the sound! The brushes, the tools, the gears...simple yet amazing. I have the first Pfaff electronic home machine, the 1475 from 1985-ish. It's an all metal casting and made in 'West Germany.' Nothing sews like a Pfaff. Too bad the company exists now in name only, really, being applied to hybrid Husqvarna Viking machines made in China. :/ The Pfaff factory in Germany is now a shopping center. Sad. People don't value quality anymore. The last European sewing machine is Bernina, and only their top end machine and longarms are made in Switzerland, the rest are made in Thailand.

[@AlexanderDyer]

Thanks and I too prefer older home machines that are all metal. Don't despair because there are still people who value quality like me and you. It is the corporations that value profit over quality and everything else.

[@zundapp-werk]

The Pfaff Factory for these industrial machines was in Kaiserslautern Königstraße 154, I worked there from 1981 till 1992 including my apprenticeship there, good times! I worked in the assembly place and also made 1245s! So your Video brings back memorys! These machines were assambled not in line, they were pretty much assembled completely by one person, from empty housing to a working machine, then went to the place where they where tested, after that mounted on their table, electric stuff was done and after attaching small parts like tools etc. sent to the customer. Almost each part was made in the Kaiserslautern factory, back in that time about 5500 People worked there. Today there is a smaller new built factory near Kaiserslautern, most parts come from China, about 200 People work in that place, sad, really sad. household machines where made since 1957 in Karlsruhe-Durlach when Pfaff bought the Gritzner und Kayser Company till 1999 when that factory was sold Here the Kaiserslautern factory: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZLTmnWIh7l5iKM

[@eldersandim3008]

Fantastic sewing machine Pfaff 1245. The Pfaff 1245 sewing machine is designed to sew leather, leather and thicker fabrics. And is it applied to make scholarships in general? In terms of durability, is it a durable and resistant machine? Are parts still on the market for replacement?

[@gersongomesdasilvagomes5324]

Deus abençoe a cada passos de sua vida e lhe der sabedoria e a paciência. Abraço...Brasil

[@shakedinbar2960]

amazing !! reminds my machine duerkopp adler 267, very similar mechanisem and operating parts

[@AlexanderDyer]

German 🙂👍

[@paulmarchlowitz813]

Hello Great Video, I have a western german 545 similar that was passed down to me from my family that I use everyday in my Canvas company. I am having little dots appear on clean material from my machine needing a clean. What is the solution your using to scrub machine? Thanks

[@mariadejesusgarcia5349]

Hola excelente tutorial, saludos desde México 👵👵👵👵🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲?

[@AlexanderDyer]

✋😀

[@tave9011]

I just acquired a pfaff 545 h4 Am I correct in assuming that there is no tension release when you lift the pressure foot?

[@sewingmachines6369]

Good job 👍

[@ValdenorRibeirodosSantos-r6f]

Que máquina incrível

[@erossantos9976]

Hello everyone. This video is extremely important for us who has a Pfaff.

[@aktrapper6126]

So many parts, I would never get it back together the way it came apart without an exploded view of all the pieces and where they go. I enjoyed watch this though.

[@AlexanderDyer]

In the past I would make a detailed drawing to help with reassembly. Then when I got a phone that was also a camera, I started taking photos. Now I set up a tripod with video so I know where all the parts came from. 😉

[@aktrapper6126]

@@AlexanderDyer That is an excellent Idea Alexander, the added benefit is you can post it to KZbin and the rest of us can learn. Thanks for making these.

[@pkrathodrathod5970]

Good work

[@srkiiq08]

I have a Necchi 958-101 walking foot machine. I have a problem while sewing and that applies to stitches. The stitches are uneven. By no means can't adjust the thread tension because when I sew slowly, it is somewhat fine or more pulls the upper thread and when I sew quickly, then the upper thread pulls the lower one and can be seen on the stitches. I used YT videos as a reference to set the timing but again it's not the same machine, so I would ask you if you can tell me what the problem is. I would be very grateful.

[@mauroaparicio1855]

great work

[@AlexanderDyer]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ninanourine9985]

Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo

[@narcisoveloz2102]

Excellent.

[@عينالحياة-خ9ض]

Good job

[@gailchenoweth395]

Alex, I was given a Pfaff 1245 from a friend who's Mom died and it will not go forward with the reversing lever in the down position. It will go forward when you push the lever up. Do you know what is wrong and how to fix it? Thanks so much.

[@rotti100]

Thx´s for the informativ video - it was verry helpful for me. what´s cleanig fluid you have in use für the outside in your dispenser ? Greetings from Austria, Mathias

[@AlexanderDyer]

Dieselkraftstoff

[@rotti100]

@@AlexanderDyer thx Alexander

[@chamanakbari5138]

I have same walking foot machine and Thank you for such informative video, learned a lot🙌🏼 And could you please show me how to fix the issue my machine is not picking up the thread from the bobbin? Really appreciate your help thanks

[@AlexanderDyer]

Maybe this will help. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mofTo56AjbOgl5I

[@ianportter1257]

hermoza maquina... semi industrial

[@The7dioses]

Es industrial-industrial. Semi son tus neuronas.

[@miltonjones1714]

Great video

[@donniehopkins8439]

Does the self oiler reach the gears in the white plastic housing and that’s why you didn’t have too add grease? Your videos are very well done..

[@AlexanderDyer]

I don't use any grease. The reservoir feeds wicks that carry the oil to various locations but there are still areas that need to be manually lubricated occasionally.

[@nabillbenismail7111]

Beautyfull work but can i ask you about the liquide you use to clean this nice machine,i have my lovely pfaff 335 h3 it work like a clock ,i just want to clean it thank you very much

[@AlexanderDyer]

I would not recommend the diesel that I used for you. Sounds like yours is already pretty good. A brush to remove lent, compressed air if you got it and sewing machine oil are my recommendations.

[@sylvanusassogba4955]

Mr Alexander hello I like your

[@margaritoescutia6822]

Gracias estoy aprendiendo

[@danielbornaz]

I have a Pfaff 1245 that I bought second hand and the screw that keeps the needle bar in position is busted. I was not able to unscrew it no matter what I did. Is there any way to take out the needle bar assembled with this mecanism attached, so I can work on it outside the machine, or do I have to file the screw so I can take the bar out?

[@AlexanderDyer]

I am not sure that is possible. You are in a predicament for sure. Perhaps try drilling out the screw with a left hand drill bit and extractor. Take care not to mess up you threads, it is a tenuous operation. Good Luck and Thanks

[@CraftyCuriosity]

I just found your channel and I’m thrilled!

[@AlexanderDyer]

Welcome😀

[@MrStudly302]

What chemicals did you use to disolve the greae in the spray bottle you are using ? I myself have been using Naptha / Lighter Fluid or mineral spirits.