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Look what I found in the old barn! I wonder why feed dog goes only forward and backwards without up and down movement? Does this type have it? Starting restoration now... more photos soon. Regards. Bert

So hello everybody I am a total newbie to this whole entire forum I've been selling and been using this machine for about a year and a half now I got it from a friend of my mother's who has since passed but used to do car upholstery with it. So recently I just picked up some small jobs doing zipper repair on Bimini top covers and other small jobs mainly to do with canvas. Yesterday I went to go use my machine and when I went to go sew through the canvas to put the new zipper on the machine would so fine for a second and then break the needle,, as if it were hitting the plate and not in the center of the hole. I was trying to find a service manual for the 545 and the only thing I keep bumping into is the 1245 so my question here at this point is is that the same manual for the 545 that I have? P

The story is eerily similar to how I found the Singer Class 7, so I will spare you the details. Long story short, had a second chance on a Pfaff 545-H4, since the last one was sold for a mere $25 more as I was driving to pick it up...not this time! Seller was a very nice gentleman who was unfortunately cleaning out his step father's garage after he passed. I jumped in the truck and headed 2 hours west to arrive at a very nice and quiet parcel tucked back into the woods. The seller explained that his father-in-law purchased this machine many years ago and used it to sew upholstery for a few friends and to recover the pews at his church. It had sat tucked back into the corner of the garage covered for many years. We pulled the machine out of it hiding place and I gave it a once over..it turned very smooth and the machine seemed like it had not been used very much, at least not abused like so many I see being advertised for upwards of $700+!!! I told the man I would take it and happily continue to use it for whatever jobs comes it's way. I paid the man his asking price of $200 and he help me load it in the truck. I got home and just couldn't bear to look at the machine in it's current condition, so I sat down, opened a cold adult beverage and began to remove years of oil, dust, and dirt from it's exterior. Oh, I forgot to mention that in the drawer were about 10 bobbins and an assortment of new needles, none of which I have yet looked at, so will see what I need to pick up. I will just add it to my list of needles needed for the Singer 7. Here are a few before and after shots, all told I maybe spent 45 minutes cleaning it. I will dig a bit deeper and clean a bit better when it comes time to oil it up and run some leather under the presser feet. Ah yes, presser feet..seems if I have a right & left set of piping feet, so will need to source the regular set of presser feet...will add that to my list. Before... After...