Operating Manual Viking 3600
Neutral : Live Blue Brown THE WIRES IN THIS MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE: N Trim 2 cores same length Only for the British market! When changing plug wiring should be effected according to the instruction below.
HUSQVARNA AB We have prepared this booklet, to let you know how to operate this sewing machine and how to make use of all its sewing possibilities We are quite sure that you will get many pleasant hours with your new sewing machine and that you will be successful in obtaining many fine results
. 2 Accessory box, contents Blindstitching, general Blidstitch hem Blindstitch, elastic Bobbin case Bobbin winding Buttonholes Buttonholes, reinforced Buttonhole knife Care of the machine Changing the light bulb Changing the needle Changing the snap-on presser foot Choice of needle and thread Cleaning Connecting the foot control Connecting the machine to the power outlet Contents of accessory box Darning Darning foot Darning stockings Double-action stitch Elastic blindstitch (blind hem) Extension table Fe
7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Top thread guide Thread tension disc Thread take-up lever Thread tension scale Thread tension dial Thread guide with thread take-up spring Front thread guide Presser foot Feed dog Bobbin case Shuttle (book) 12. Bobbin case cover 13. Base plate 14. Presser foot lifter 15. Presser bar 16. Needle bar 17. Needle clamp screw 18. Needle 19. Throat plate (needle pla te) 20. Free arm 21. Drop feed button 22. Stitch length scale 23. Stitch length dial 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29.
4 The switch, C, for the light is also at the back of the machine. For changing the light bulb see page 30. Lighting The machine’s voltage is given on a plate, B, at the back of the machine. Ensure that the wall outlet voltage is the same as that of the machine. Then connect the machine to the proper wall outlet. Connection to wall outlet Pull the lead out of the foot control and place the control under the table. Insert the foot control plug into the socket, A, at the back of the machine.
When you need a larger working surfa table. ce, attach the ex tension There are two gr oo should be fitted ves underneath the extension ta bl There is also an onto corresponding studs on the e which extra support leg w fre hich should be lowe arm. ered. Extension table Trouser legs and sle making it easy to se eves can be drawn onto the fre free arm also mak w, to mend or to patch in these pa e arm rts es as well as sew sm it much easier to attach collars an .
6 26 40—50 100 90 80 70 ‘) Synthetic threads are not generally numbered. 120 20 30—50 40—50 60 Embroidery thread or Needle Darning No. thread 30 1) Synthetic thread 110 100/3 100/3 Silk thread 30 40 26 Coloured sewing thread No. 50-60 60 Sewing thread English No. Loosen the needle clamp screw and remove the needle which is to be changed. When you insert the new needle, turn the flat side away from you and push the needle up into the needle socket as far as the stop.
Pull the spool arm, A, tow ards you until it stops. Ta empty bobbin from the acc essory box. In order to get ke an the bes possible result when bobbin winding, use only Husqvarn t plastic bobbins, which hav a e types of bobbins cannot be three grooves in the hole. Other the bobbin winding device used, due to the construction of . On one side of the bobbin with the hole outwards and there is a hole. Turn the bobbin slide the bobbin onto the bob spindle, B. bin Bobbin winding Raise the presser foot.
8 Ca. 1 1mm 2 3 Fig. 1 shows a correctly wound bobbin. Correct and incorrect bobbin winding You can wind the bobbin directly from the black thread guide. Draw the thread through the slot and between the tension/guide discs in the top of the bobbin winding arm. It might be desirable to reduce the thread tension a little. Wind the thread a few times around the bobbin in an anticlockwise direction. Hold the end of the thread while you press down the foot control.
Open the shuttle cover. There is a small recess on the free arm to facilitate the opening of the shuttle cover. Grasp the bobbin case with the thumb and index finger so that the latch is depressed and draw out the bobbin case. The bobbin will remain in the case as long as the latch is de pressed. When you release the catch, the bobbin will be released. Removing the bobbin case If the winding looks like fig. 3, check to see if the bobbin properly pressed in on the spindle.
10 Push the bobbin case onto the spindle of the shuttle (hook) so that the projection of the bobbin case fits in the notch at the top of the shuttle cover. Press on the bobbin case slightly to be sure it is latched onto the spindle of the shuttle. Let the thread hang. Shut the door. Insertion of the bobbin case Slide the thread into the slot on the edge of the bobbin case. Pull the thread in under the tension spring. Check that the bobbin rotates in the direction of the arrow when the thread is pulled.
On the back of the presser bar you will find a notch, the thread cutter, which makes it easy for you to cut off the threads. Thread cutter Pull the threads about 6” (15 cm) towards the rear. If the thread ends are too short, the thread-may slide out of the eye of the needle when you begin to sew. Hold the threaded upper thread and turn the handwheel to ward you until the needle goes down through the needle plate, and then up again.
12 L p the in most special sewing cases it is sufficient to adjust only the lower adjust to need you do Rarely . tension thread upper the thread tension. If it is necessary to adjust the tension of s acce the from river screwd small the out lower thread, take sory box. Fit it in the larger screw on the thread tension if spring and turn it not more than 1/10th of a turn to the left loose.
A too heavy tension looks like the illustration in the middle. The lower illustration shows the correct thread tension. When you turn the dial to the righ t, upper thread lies straight and the the opposite occurs. The lower thread comes up in loops on top of the fabric. The thre ad tension is correct when the threads interlock in the middle of the layers of fabric. If you want to sew zig-zag, che ck same way as for straight stitching.
14 383 IIj_ There is a spring at the bottom of the ankle bracket. Slide on the presser foot so that the pin fits into the space between the bracket and the spring. Then press lightly backward and downward and the presser foot will snap into the correct position. The presser feet which accompany the machine are in the form of loose soles which are held in place on the presser foot “ankle” by a spring.
The zipper foot (41 12 989) is attached in the same way as the regular presser foot. The construction of the zipper foot makes it possible to sew on both sides of the zipper without turning the work, by attaching the foot either to the left orto the right of the needle. Zipper foot The feed dog is lowered when carrying out certain darning work. You lower the feed dog by pressing the symbol J on the drop feed button.
16 —— ____ 383 Thread tension ______________ Stitch selector In the center of the stitch length dial is a button for reverse sewing. By pressing this button in, the machine will sew in reverse, and will resume normal forward sewing as soon as it is released. This is very useful when, for example, backtack ing at the end of a seam. The stitch length dial is graduated from 0 to 4 and is set to the desired stitch length, normally 2. Raise the needle to its highest position.
Stitch length Raise the needle to its highest position. Set the stitch selector to the desired zig-zag width 2, 3 or 4 mm. (/64”, I/8’I or Set the stitch length dial to the desired length of stitch. Choose a suitable combination of stitch length and stitch width. The stitch length can be adjusted while you are sewing .
18 383 Thread tension Stitch selector Raise the needle to its highest position. Set the stitch selector to symbol —.—. and the stitch length dial to 1. This stitch has a certain amount of “stretch” and should be used instead of ordinary straight stitch in stretchable fabrics.
—. Fold the fabric as shown in the illustration. Make sure that the fold line of the fabnc follows guide line B of the presser foot. Invisible and elastic blindstitching is further described on pages 20 and 21.
20 331 BB_/II_._IIIII.mIU_. Thread tension Stitch selector First read page 19. Raise the needle to its highest position. Set the stitch selector to symbol ...&...IL. Turn the stitch length dial to 2—2.5, which is a recommended basic setting. This setting is an average setting, which means that you can either increase or decrease the stitch length to vary the dis tance between the catches. Blindstitching is used for hemming skirts, for example, with out the stitches showing on the right side.
Stitch length First read page 19. Raise the needle to its highest position. The stitch selector is set to symbol i\iJ Turn the stitch length dial to 1—1.5 as a recommended basic setting. This is an average setting, which means that you can increase or decrease the stitch length to vary the distance between the catches. Instead of straight stitches, the elastic blindstitch has small zig-zag stitches between the larger zig-zag stitches.
22 383 Thread tension Stitch selector Raise the needle to its highest position. Set the stitch selector to symbol /\/\/\ Turn the stitch length dial to 1 as a recommended basic setting. Three-step zig-zag is used for sewing towelling, jersey and knitwear, for overcasting in elastic, thin or easily frayed fabrics and for darning and mending. Three-step zig-zag Stitch length .
Stitch length Raise the needle to its highest position. Set the stitch selector to symbol i\I\i\f\Ai and the thread tension dial between 3 and 5. Turn the stitch length dial to 1/2 as a recommended basic setting. With the double action stitch you can sew seams together and overcast simultaneously, e.g. in double knit (jersey), knitted fabric etc. It is also used for mending seams in underwear and knitwear. It gives a certain measure of stretchability.
24 650 Thread tension Stitch selector ge over to the In order to sew buttonholes, you should chan the accessory in it find will buttonhole foot (41 11 650). You ary presser ordin the as way same the in box and it is attached to help you foot. The buttonhole foot has graduated markings th. make the buttonholes the same leng thread ten Loosen the upper thread tension by turning the bol. sym e nhol butto the sion dial to thread. The buttonhole will look better, if you use a fine nhole.
Now the machine makes the final closing bar. Sew three or four stitches. Turn to symbol and lock the threads with a few stitches while holding back the fabric. Page 28 shows how to cut buttonholes. Now sew the other column of zig-zag stitches the same dis tance as the first one. Stop with the needle in its highest position and turn the dial back to symbol 2/4. Now the machine makes the closing bar. Sew three or four stitches.
26 I H H Then turn the dial to symbol 1 again and sew the first column once more. If you should have difficulty with the feed, in crease the stitch length slightly. When the column is the right length, stop the machine, with the needle raised, and turn the dial to symbol 3. Sew the second column without making any closing bar. Stop with the needle raised when the columns are the same length.
The next page shows how to cut buttonholes. closing Turn the dial to symbol 2/4 again and make the second bar by sewing three or four stitches. symbol Stop with the needle raised and turn the dial to s, while stitche few a with ds threa the lock and holding back the fabric. n once Turn the dial to symbol 3 and sew the second colum fabric. the of out raised needle the more. Stop with bar by sewing Turn the dial to symbol 2/4. Make the closing out of the raised needle three or four stitches.
28 zEEZD I Cut the buttonhole to the middle and then repeat the cut from the other direction. With the knife more or less parallel to the fabric, push for ward taking care not to cut through the end of the buttonhole. The small red bead serves as a guide. Pierce the fabric at right angles until the curved blade edge reaches down to the buttonhole.
— Set the machine to zig-zag, stitch length 3. Lower the feed dog and set the thread tension between 3 and 5. Thread the machine with darning cotton and draw the thread through the needle hole of the presser foot. Pull the sock over the free arm and place the hole under the darning foot. Lower the darning foot and bring up the lower thread. Place a strand of light yarn in the groove of the darning foot and fasten it with a few stitches on the edge of the hole.
30 The light bulb is placed in the upper arm as shown in the illustration. Push the bulb upwards, turn it 1/4 of a turn to the left and take it out. When inserting a new bulb, put it into the socket, press it upwards and turn it 1/4 of a turn to the right. The correct wattage of the bulb is shown on the plate at the back of the machine. Changing the light bulb Belt adjustment not required. Belts In order to serve you satisfactorily, your new sewing machine requires cleaning.
Needle breaks 1. Needle is incorrectly inserted. See page 6. 2. You may have helped the machine to feed through the fabric by pulling it. The needle can then easily come against the throat plate and be broken. 3. The needle is not the right size. Use Husqvarna 705 H needles. — Unattractive stitches unattractive seam 1. The needle is incorrectly inserted. See page 6. 2. The needle is bent or blunt. Change the needle. 3. The thread tension is not correct. See page 12. 4. The machine is incorrectly threaded.
32 Stitch length varies The feed dog is choked by dust and dirt. Clean it with the special brush or small screwdriver. See page 30. I. The upper thread is too tightly tensioned. See page 12. 2. The upper and lower thread tension is too tight in relation to the thickness of the fabric. See page 12. 3. The needle is damaged. Change the needle. Fabric puckers Irregular bobbin winding 1. The bobbin is not pressed in far enough. See page 10. 2. The machine is not correctly threaded for bobbin winding.
I I I L 4112 697 Screwdriver 41 14401 Bobbins, 8 40 15 399 Buttonhole knife (seam ripper) ===rzzzD 40 15 555 Cleaning brush Concents of accessory box I) 05 4110714 Needle case 30 =11 4115 275 Darning foot 4111 383 Regular presser foot mounted on the machine. 4112 989 Zipper foot 4115 331 Blindstitching presser foot 4111 650 Buttonhole foot.
34 Place the cover in front of you so that the little mark faces you. Pull the locking lips as shown in the illustration. Lift off the cover and put it aside. Remove the foot control A. Slide the accessory box B with the extension table to the left. For further details, see page 3. Unpacking the machine Pull the leads out of the wall outlet and the machine. Wind the leads around your hand and put them inside the foot control. Put the extension table and the operating manual into the accessory box, B.
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