I've had this machine for just over ten years and it has worked really well and I've sewn loads, including the fancy embroidery.  However, I'm pretty sure that the transformer has gone and I've been able to get a Pfaff replacement transformer through the original dealer. I thought I would fit it myself as I'm pretty handy with a screwdriver.  But I can't get the casing off and I guess it has been put together as a puzzle to deter the likes of me from fiddling.  The dealer is reluctant to discuss the method, probably because they are being a bit pecious about knowledge.

I wonder if anybody has got experience of dismantling this or similar Pfaff machines and can offer a clue as to the sequence of panel removal to gain access to the innards?

I shall send the machine away to a Pfaff engineer only as a last resort as the expense to ship from a remote Scottish island to anywhere on the mainland, plus servicing costs, would probably outweigh the secondhand value of the machine.

I, like many, am returning to sewing after going off piste and doing some heavy studying with the Open University. Now I've got that out of my system I'm revitalising my creative side and warming up the old hand-eye-sewing machine coordination which has been dormant for several years.

I used to make bridal wear and other dressmaking commissions but now I need to start using up the accumulated stash of fabrics that I squirrelled away over the years and make some nice things for myself.  I bought a Pfaff Creative Vision 5.0 with all the embroidery software and attachments about ten years ago and although I did some embroideries for wedding garments at the time, I never truly examined and mastered the vast scope of the machine's potential so now I am going back to page 1 of the manual to start all over again.  If anybody is familiar with this machine I'd be truly grateful for a chin wag some time.  No doubt that as soon as I get stuck (probably about page 6) I'll be posting a message on the 'machines' page!

I'm pleased to be here and look forward to some sewing talk in the future.