Members milkman Posted January 10 Members Report Posted January 10 (edited) Hi guys, In case anybody needs this info. On my 543 DLMN, I ve added needle feed. I made sure the bushings are there, and then you only need the needle frame rocking shaft and its linkages to the forward movement shaft,parts from a 545 and to increase the slot in the needle plate. My issue was that with the rubber coated feed dog and presser, the machine couldn't feed oily leather. Now it works beautifully. https://youtube.com/shorts/rnloVTpOTMM?si=CJgy8PEpiT6QMeQO Probably same scenario can be applied to Pfaff 143. The machine was completely rebuilt by me at the beginning and it is stitching beautifully my belts and notebook covers. It can handle thick threads, upper and bobbin, compared to my 169 Adler. Pics are from the rebuild. The parts for the needle feed were added after everything was assembled. A bit of planning needed but it went ok! Cheers, M. Edited January 10 by milkman Quote
Members fibersport Posted January 10 Members Report Posted January 10 You've done a beautiful restoration on your machine! I have a gently used 545 that I think is a wonderful machine. I'm surprised that you found the parts for your modification, I rarely see anything for Pfaffs. Where did you find the decals? Quote
Members milkman Posted January 10 Author Members Report Posted January 10 6 hours ago, fibersport said: You've done a beautiful restoration on your machine! I have a gently used 545 that I think is a wonderful machine. I'm surprised that you found the parts for your modification, I rarely see anything for Pfaffs. Where did you find the decals? Thanks! Decals are from https://www.singerdecals.com/ I found the majority of parts in my country, Romania. And the 545 parts for the needle feed, I found them on ebay in Poland. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=305456329419&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l161211&_ssn=jerzmerci0 But there is also another guy in Lithuania: https://www.ebay.com/str/sewtech71 I would have loved to buy a 545 but it was over my budget so this 543 I bought it for nothing actually and in my budget, still, I could buy the parts to restore it. Honestly I really like working on these machines. My Adler got the same treatment and now I am having a second Adler 169 that I want to prepare for a buddy of mine. Quote
Members dikman Posted January 10 Members Report Posted January 10 Well done, nice restoration and a serious bit of modding! Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members milkman Posted January 11 Author Members Report Posted January 11 (edited) 10 hours ago, dikman said: Well done, nice restoration and a serious bit of modding! Thanks! I did a bit of paint chipping when I assembled the parts but that's for the patina...intentionally LOL. One thing I forgot mentioning in case somebody wants to add the needle feed. Timing between feed dog and needle is different in both cases. Drop feed = feed dog moves when the needle is out, dual feed= they go together. I want to see also what does it mean to add a larger feed dog, as surface. Such as one from pfaff 142 with dual needles. Because with its original feed dog on 543, the one which is offset to the needle, it feeds ok, but since the needlepushes down there is a small bit of movement on the material. So my intention is to use a dual needle feed dog so the presser wheel sits on the feed dog but also the needle to have some support underneath. In theory it should work. A 545 would solve each issue but since I already have the machine and honestly it stiches really nice. In the video, ticket 15 thread or v207 size up and down and VR 150(edit: needle is S cut in the video, checked today) size needle. I like VR compared to LR due to 2 more extra cuts. I've added a pic with how the machine looked before. A bit like crap. And I must say the parts are really durable. In terms of age, I dated based on the serial number, in 1955. Edited January 11 by milkman Needle.type was different Quote
Members fibersport Posted January 11 Members Report Posted January 11 I am so very impressed with your restoration, fantastic job. I thought you were in Europe, the part availability seems to be much better there than here in the US. I looked at the decals, unfortunately they don't have any for my model. Quote
Members milkman Posted January 12 Author Members Report Posted January 12 On 1/11/2026 at 4:57 PM, fibersport said: I am so very impressed with your restoration, fantastic job. I thought you were in Europe, the part availability seems to be much better there than here in the US. I looked at the decals, unfortunately they don't have any for my model. Thank you! What model do you have? Quote
Members fibersport Posted January 12 Members Report Posted January 12 Mine is a 545-H3-6/01-CLPMN. I also just installed a Kinedyne servo motor that runs as slow as 50 rpm, talk about control! Quote
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