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haha, yes - that's a very good point - 'it's fine until it's not'. I'm accepting of the quality not being too durable, and will look to replace/enhance anything shonky looking straight away. Add better bolts/washers/bushings etc to improve stress management through the moving parts would extend the life and ease of use.
I'll take a look and see if I can figure out the power draw of the Pfaff 1222 - it can't be massive, but probably worth checking against a modern servo motor ...it's got a filament bulb in, which is probably the equivalent of a whole room of LED lighting on a boat though?!
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I've replaced the bulb in my elderly Singer 99K with an LED, mainly because the shade was getting hot. If memory serves, a BA15D was a match for the existing socket - not sure what the Pfaff would need - more than adequately bright and uniform for my amateurish efforts. Just take care to specify 12V or 240V ...
MrE
I looked into this a couple years ago and all the budget/made in China ones are fine until they’re not, at which point parts etc. are impossible to source.
Better to wait it out on eBay/gumtree etc. for a decent used one unless you needed it yesterday.