I am slowly training up on the Pfaff 345 I recently bought from Chris.  It is a great machine, and it works much like my household machine from the 1950's. I'm still struggling with the clutch.  I get the classic sequence: Nothing...nothing...nothing,,, it starts to vibrate....WHAM!! It takes off at 1000spm.  I  have been able to soften this a bit by rolling the wheel by hand, as the motor starts to move the needle, but that sometimes requires 3 hands. What's the verdict on using