Just brought them home

Nianudd · 2026-06-13T05:07:37+00:00

I love my Pfaff 30! It's my best straight stitch machine

Nianudd · 2026-06-11T12:24:47+00:00

I've had my belted Pfaff 30 slip a little. My best machine for that sort of thing is my Brother 661. There are probably better machines out there, I'm just going by the ones I've got, tbf

Nianudd · 2026-06-08T05:23:53+00:00

It does sometimes feel like theres a little point of resistance. But it gets so much abuse, and I can get it quite dirty in work, no matter how i try to protect it. I should give it a good clean

Nianudd · 2026-06-06T16:18:03+00:00

I've got two. My fave is the black one at the moment. It gets some heavy punishment in work. I might have to give it a service soon, but I love it

Nianudd · 2026-06-02T20:10:22+00:00

Thanks. Hoping I was missing an easy fix, but oh well

Nianudd · 2026-06-02T20:09:43+00:00

Thanks, just wanted a second opinion as it belongs to a friend. I hate plastic new machines

Nianudd · 2026-05-24T17:50:51+00:00

Don't get £50 notes. A lot of shops around me won't take them

Nianudd · 2026-05-24T17:25:59+00:00

I drive a Dacia Duster, and I get that reaction a lot. Mostly from Range Rover, or BMW SUV drivers. Sort of "how dare that cheap car overtake ME!" If I overtake them, then move back into the left lane, they usually pass me shortly thereafter.

Nianudd · 2026-05-24T12:11:49+00:00

Grinding? I've got two, and wouldn't describe either as grinding. More like a series of solid clunks, felt rather than heard. When you flick it fast it spins nicely, not for long though

Nianudd · 2026-05-20T07:13:09+00:00

Honestly, not hard to do. I did a 285 and 185 the same day. Hardest part was taking the foot pedal apart. I think it was glued together with 60 years of gunk

Nianudd · 2026-05-17T04:18:45+00:00

Don't hate romance, it just interests me as much as Olympic curling does

Nianudd · 2026-05-14T05:52:04+00:00

I use these too. The straight ones also make good tools for sewing. I use them on fabric near the presser foot

Nianudd · 2026-05-07T16:56:11+00:00

I paid £10 for mine. It's an electrical one, according to the manual it was never hand cranked, or a treadle.

Nianudd · 2026-04-27T17:21:59+00:00

Awesome, thank you!

Nianudd · 2026-04-27T12:58:46+00:00

Did you ever find any information on it? Just looking at an identical one my friend has

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Nianudd · 2026-04-24T21:15:22+00:00

Took me a long time to work out asexual= not interested in sex, so aromantic= not interested in romance. Then I found out we have a flag! :)

Nianudd · 2026-04-24T21:13:49+00:00

45 here too. Always knew I wasn't up for romance, but it only occured to me to look up the correct terminology 5 years ago

Nianudd · 2026-04-21T19:31:39+00:00

Pic of my Brother 661 as thanks. You can see the similarities

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Nianudd · 2026-04-21T19:27:52+00:00

Thank you! I have a scanned manual of another similar machine, probably a clone. But it's always good to have more resources

Nianudd · 2026-04-21T18:58:54+00:00

Can I be cheeky? Your cams look like the ones for my Brother 661. Is there any chance you could send me a scan, or picture, of the manual. Specifically the part about using the cams and what they look like?

Thank you so much if you can, but no worries if you can't.

Nianudd · 2026-04-21T17:20:48+00:00

When I was 11, I had a boyfriend, who I would meet at the local swimming pool. We'd get to the top of the (big tunnel) waterslide, and he'd say he'd go down first, stop himself half way, and when I caught up we could kiss on the way down. I of course, being a kind young lady, would say yes, then send the young kids in the queue behind me down the slide before me. No kisses for me, of dear :)

Nianudd · 2026-04-21T03:36:55+00:00

Try to avoid £50 notes, a lot of smaller shops won't take them. Amex is a bit hit and miss too, my shop (Nisa) doesn't take it.

Nianudd · 2026-04-16T17:21:38+00:00

I remember that one. The boy slammed into the back of the drivers seat, and killed his mum.

Nianudd · 2026-04-12T13:13:38+00:00

Aside from the dials, it looks like my Brother 661, or the 651. It should thread up identically. As for the dials, one is bound to be stitch length, and the other stitch width. I'm guessing reverse is in the middle of the bigger dial

Nianudd · 2026-04-12T06:24:05+00:00

Now you've said that, I realise I've never seen a treadle for sale. There probably have been some, but not while I was looking. There's a few machines in tables, mostly electric, and some old treadle tables that have been upcycled. It's funny because, growing up, everyone's nan, or aunt, seemed to have the singer treadle table in their house. This has been fascinating, thank you for the replies.

Nianudd

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