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update - solved by @fskornia - it's a "presser foot screw".. ha!

fellow sewing machine nerds: i am resurrecting a Pfaff Select 1546 from the dead - a thrifting find last week. after 20+ hours of repair work, the machine is nearly done.

i have one last job: i bought a replacement presser foot attach/release assembly. it's supposed to screw into the top feed as shown, unfortunately the assembly didn't come with the screw! (pic 2, shown in red)

can anyone help me identify the screw? i couldn't find it in either the user or service manuals, and web searches are only showing screws for other machines. it would help to know even what the screw is called at this location.

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vga256 Dec 3

happy ending to the missing presser foot screw mystery:

i decided to try a local sewing machine shop for help finding the exact screw that fit this presser foot or "ankle". i stopped by Johnson's Sewing Centre on 124st (near downtown) and described the missing part. the person at the service center, Luanne, showed me two different screws - both for various pfaff models.

i took a gamble and picked one of the screws. as soon as i got home, of course i had picked the wrong screw 😅

i brought the entire machine to Johnson's an hour later so we could find the exact screw. it turned out they had none in stock for this model, which uses a very specific screw not used on other pfaff sewing machines.

here's the happy ending: i got the best technical service i've ever received in 30+ years of computer/mechanical repair. Luanne brought my machine to the repair area, where a technician spent 5 minutes going through his junk screw box to find an exact fit, one screw at a time.

not only did they find the right screw, but they refused to charge me for it.

99% of computer/mechanics shops would have said "sorry, we don't carry _________ for a machine that old" and told me to buy one online. Johnson's (Luanne and the tech, specifically) went out of their way just to see this old beast back on the road.

10/10 business. this is how you earn customers for life.

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vga256 Dec 3

and finally: here's the Pfaff Select 1546 sewing machine in operation for the first time in probably many, many years after the previous owner ran it into the ground.

when i received it, the crankshaft was totally seized and the entire machine was full of 20 years of old thread and lint. 20 hours of cleaning, repairing broken parts, and lubrication got it to where it is today.

this will be an xmas present for my wife, who has been suffering for 10 years with a cruddy kenmore beginner machine.

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