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INDEX Page Parts warranty........................................................ ^ Service policy ..................................... ................. ^ Features and parts.................... ................... 4 5.......6 Needle and thread chart ..................................... Setting the needle ................................................... 8 Threading the bobbin case .............. .............. 8 Winding the bobbin................................................
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t » ► k FEATURES AND PARTS I (Front View; > a *k «k a a f a 1. Spoot Pin 2. 3. Hand Wheel Wheel Clutch 4. 5. Bobbin Winder Stitch Length Indicator 6. Reverse Lever 7. Stitch Length Lock 8. Bobbin Winding Tension 9. Spool Pin 10. Drop Feed Knob 11. Needle Plate.........Seam Guide 12. Cover Plate 13. Presser Foot 14. Presser Foot Screw 15. Needle Clamp 16. 17. Sew Light Face Plate Thread Guide 18. Tension Regulator 19. Take-up Lever 20.
FEATURES AND PARTS (Back View) ••• Fig. 2 21. Thread Guide 22. Thread Cutter 23. Presser Bar Litter 24. Feed 25. Motor 26. Belt 27.
NEEDLE - THREAD - FABRIC - STITCHING GUIDE Fabric__________ jedle No Machine Stitches Per Inch —- Cotton Thread Mercerized Thread 24 to 30 Heavy Duty Silk or Nylon Extremely heavy tarpaulin, sacking, canvas, duck, etc. 4 to 8 Heavy upholstery tabric, ticking, denim, leatherette 3 8 to 10 30 to 40 Heavy Duty 2 10 to 12 40 to 60 Heavy Duty 60 to 80 50 A 1 12 to 14 14 to 80 to 100 50 A 100 to 150 50 A Medium heavy drapery fabric, velveteen, suiting, felt, terry, etc.
SETTING THE NEEDLE See Fig. 3. Raise the needle bar A to its highest point, turninci wheel toward yon by hand. i Then loosen the needle clamp screw ® be inserted into clamp C. Place needle itlat side „tong^ the needle clamp and push it upward as the needle clamp hole, tigtemng the needle clamp sc securely with a screw driver. Alter changing the needle make volution of the balance wheel by hand to be sure me needle is in the correct position. THREADING THE BOBBIN CASE Fig.
HOW TO WIND THE BOBBIN 1 1 4. V, tViA renter oi the hand wheel i,Fig. j- ) Turn the clutch in me ceniei ui. toward you to disengage the sewing Place a spool °Pass^th?ead through tension disc machine ^ , , ^¿„6 of bobbin and Insert thread through a hole on place bobbin on spmd^e A on the fpiST. Place pulley (C; against hand wheelingby^presslever (D' CLUTCH f t » Fig. a > 4 and set machine in motion. When the bobbin is fully wound, the action of the winder stops automatically.
PLACING BOBBIN CASE IN SHUTTLE Raise needle bar to high est position, and lilt hing ed cover plate. See 12, Fig. 1.) 'Hold the bob bin case latch, 'D , Fig. 9, between the thumb and forefinger of the left hand with at least three inches, of thread running from the top of the bobbin case to the right. Insert and center the bobbin case on the stud of the shuttle body, C,;. Be sure the bob bin case finger, (E;, is opposite the shuttle race notch, (A).
4) into check spring C . , , * 5) then tug on thread to pull it into hook D see insert, Fig. XO). f 6 up into take-up lever E from back to front 7 down into thread guide F on face plate 8) through the needle bar thread guide fa 9 and into needle from left to right. Pull three or four inches of thread through needle. Hold the end of upper thread loosely and turn hand wheel toward you until the needle goes all the way down and comes back up. A loop (Fig.
SEWING IN REVERSE j 4.- threads at the beginning or end a seam, n,achine will sew backward until lever When you wish to sew backward o le raise lever A, Fig. 12, as far up as xt will go. is returned to its original position. adjusting the tensions , Always adjust the upper tension with t ® cally released when it is raised, m^ease he 13) toward you. To decrease, away from you. ihe mg ^ down as the tension is automatiupper thread, turn dial (Fig, tighter the tension.
Fig. 15 J % % Fig. 16 -- Fig. 17 Fig. 18 % Fig. 14 adjusting pressure and feeding of fabric „.„»„1 Sewi«. Usually lo, norma, aewin, the presaur, bar is turned to NORM, position, Fig. 19. 0a„,oo Tb.n or Lr^MW^abLlli^ is renuired to sow satisfactorily on thin silk or filmy ma . hould bo moved to .boat the halfway position also % % zrrz: position.
Darning and Mending. In order to move the fabric freely in any direction for darning and mending, release the pressure on presser foot by turning the presser bar cap 20 to the right until the corect condition is obtained, turn the knob A Fig. 19 to DARN position, which drops the feed well below the needle plate. To return to normal sewing turn drop feed A Fig. 19 to NORM, and presser bar cap 20 Fig. 20 to its lowest position. PREPARING TO SEW Fig.
Fig. 21-A Fig. 21-B Fig. 21-A and B, and pass the threads over the thread Fig. 22 cutter. Pull down slightly, holding thread in both hands, so as not to bend the needle. Leave the ends of thread under the presser foot. CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF YOUR MACHINE HOW TO OIL YOUR MACHINE Your machine should be oiled occasionally to keep Fig.
i, operating amoothly-how often depends on the amonnt of sewing yon do. Before oiling the upper part of the sewing unit at points indioated by arrows in Fig. 22 tarn hand wheel toward you until the take-up lever is at its lowest point. Avoid over-oiling only a drop is needed at each point. To oil parts under the bed of the machine, tip the unit back on its hinges and app y a1^. drop of oil at each point indicated m Fig. 23.
CLEANING AND OILING THE SHUTTLE TH« forming mechanism occasionally becomes clogged with loose threads and lint. will interfere with the efficient operation oi the machine. Cleaning and lint Will safeguard the performance. To remove 'T'xnr. the balance wheel nntil ‘1» reaches its highest position. Tilt head back on its hinges. 2. Remove bobbin case Aj, tig. Turn shuttle race cover clamps B down 3. ward and pull hinged shuttle race cover, C, down and remove shuttle D. 4.
ACCESSORIES ■ W 1. Plastic Oiler Sealed and filled) 2. Package of Needles ,5,, 3. Large Screw Driver 4. Small Screw Driver 5. Felt Washers (2) (for spool pins) @® 6.
TROUBLE CHART Trouble If Machines Bind Correction Probable Cause Thread or bnt in raceway 1- - With take-up lever in highest position^ tilt head back on hinges and remove bobbin case. CLAMPS If LATCH 2 - Turn clamps downward and remove race cover. Remove hook. 4- Clean thread and lint from all parts, includ ing race. 5- ..... Run a drop of oil along rim of hook. 6 -Replace hook, then race cover. Snap clamps into place.
Trouble Skipping Stitches Irregular Stitches Bent needle Discard and replace. c c c Need.1© placsci in correctly in clamp See instruction page No. 8. Too fine a needle for thread being used See needle and thread chart, page No. 7. Upper thread tension too loose Tighten upper tension. Improper threading Uneven Stitches Correction Probable Cause h % % % *1 See threading instruction, page No. 10. Bobbin not wound even Rewind bobbin.
Probable Cause UPPer Thead Breaking Material Puckering Improperly threaded Too much tension Loosen tension on upper thread thread tension knob to lower number. Starting take-up in incorrect position Always start highest position. Improper setting of needle Refer No. 8. Bent or eye of needle too sharp Try a new needle. Bent or blunt needle Discard all with new. Tension too tight to sewing needle blunt with setting or bent take-up instruction needle See tension adjustment, page No.
Your sewing machine comes equipped with the basic set of accessories described earlier in this book. The following ments They dealer that are pages have available cannot illustrate been supply at designed modest you with additional time specifically cost these from saving attach your machine. for yor items, dealer. ask him If your to order them for you by part number.
1 PART #2146 DARNING SPRING PART #741:32 RÜFFLER PART #74174 ATTACHMENT FOOT PART #74159 BINDER PART #1873 CORDING AND ZIPPER FOOT PART #76554 EDGESTITCHER HEMMERS i.
ATTACHMENT FOOT In order to attach the binder, edgestitcher and the hammers, it is necessry to remove the presser foot and replace it with the attachment foot. Fig. 26. Mount binder, edgestitcher or hemmers sliding the attachment to the left as for as possible and tigten scr© w. The mounting slot enables you to sew as close to or as far away from the edge as desired. Just move the attachment to the correct position before tightening the Fig. 26 mounting screw.
BINDER This attachment iolds bias binding, applies it to the edge of material in one operation. Slots on scroll o the binder are for corresponding widths of commercial folded bias binding. . , < The open mouth, of binder scroll is used tor unfolded bias strips cut 15 16 inch wide. FOLDED BINDING (Fig. 29; Cut a point on folded binding, insert in appropriate slot. Draw through slot and under binder with strong pin. Test stitching to be sure it is on the edge. Adjust by sliding binder to right or left.
Fig. 31 Fig. 32 THF RUFFLER will produce yards of delicate ruffling or precision pleating. Ruffling can also be done and sewn to another piece of fabric at the same tiine. This highly versatile attachment despite its wide range of use, is simple to use. Use the ruffler for making aprons, curtains, pleating a skirt, adding fullness to the bodice of a dress and etc. Fig. 32A Fig. 33 Fig.
THE ADJUSTABLE CORDING AND ZIPPER FOOT This attachment is used to make and 'i insert covered cording, and to sew in zippers. Losen thumb screw to slide foot to either right or left of needle. CORDING. Fold over Loosen set cord. foot so bias needle strip of fabric thumb screw is centered and in Fig. 34 needle hoole. Machine baste cord in place (.Fig. 34). To sew covered cord to material, reset adjustable foot so needle stitches closer to cord, and , on edge of base fabric.
THE SET OF HEMMERS Before attaching any of the hemmers, be sure bobbine thread IS pulled hold top thread turn toward up. Then, with hemmers and turn handwheel loosely you, making bobbin thread under hemmer with a both toward loop hands in place, one full under hemmer. Grasp and back.-bobbin slip thread horizontally will catch loop and carry upper thread to back of hemmer. Fig. 36 Fold material for two inches along edg, hold at each end of fold.
MAKE BUTTONHOLES “AUTOMATICALLY'' Perfect buttonholes every time-.^ all uniform in size when you let the Buttonholer take over for you Once It's on the machine you do not even guide the fabric... the Buttonholer thinks for itLlf. It comes with five different size keys^ for buttonholes ranging in length from 5 16 to 1-1 16" m both the straight and keyhole type Once you have used this Buttonholer you will realize there's no greater timesaving accessory for your sewing machine.
AUTOMATIC DECORATOR iFig. 40) With the wonderful new automatic decorator your machine converts to a master-controlled performer of embroidery magic. It's so simple, too. Just remove the presser foot, attach the A. D. and you re ready to make eight different decorative patterns. Each pattern of course, has many variations in width and length. All designs are built right into the decorator, reducing your effort to a minimum... and you use ordinary thread, standard needles.
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