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Dear Housewife, At last you are the proud owner of the much longed for Sewing Machine.
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The Sewing Machine Stand 1 Contents Important Hints Page 4 Relative Needle Sizes and Thread Numbers 1. Preparing fec Sewing 2. Sewing 4 5 9 3. Working with Special Presser Feet 4. Darning 15 5. Cleaning and Oiling (S Cause and Remedy of Faults 20 The Standard Equipment of the machine includes: 1 Standard Presser Foot No. 552 1 Edger Na, 153a ‘1 Guide No. 5350 1 Thumb Screw No. 10433 “2 Hemmers (No. OK 827 narrow; and No. OK 824 a little wider) 1 Feller No, GK 823 ‘1 Quilting Guide No.
Important hints Sewing Machine Oil and Needles are best purchased from a Sewing Machine Expert Dealer, or from the Supp hers of your machine. Never use just any kind of lubri cotinq oil if you cjo, it will gum the woi king parts of your machine. The system number of the sewing needle to be used on the machine is 705; this number is stamped on the bedplate slide of your machine. Ii it is necessory to have your machine repaired, I p ea se let only sewing machine experts do the work.
Attaching the Presser Foot 1 1 Fç For all normal sewing work use the stan dard presser loot No. 552, (Fig. 1). Raise the needle to its highest point, and lift the presser bar lifter. Take the presser foot with your right hand and Ii orn be low push it on to the presser bar, against the screw. First tighten the screw with your left hand, and then use a screw driver for finol lightening. Upper Threading Plcice a reel of cotton on the spool pin (Fig.
Threading the Shuttle Tal
knob by turning it in a clockwise direction. If you wish to do reverse sewing you must first push the lever passed ‘0” and right up to the top. Regulating the Thread Tensions The upper threod tension is regulated by turning the thumb nut of the thread tension discs. Clockwise turning Wi ucreuse the tension; anti-clockwise adlust 11 ment will reduce ii. The under thread tension is regulated by turning the small screw ii (Fig. 7) with the aid of n screwdriver.
Working with Special Presser Feet 3. Edge Stitching Foot No. Z .153(1 (Edger). Guide No, 535 a. Thumb Sciew No. 10433 (Fig. 13). With the guide you can set the distance from the edge of the material to the line of stitching which, when working on wide and long seams, is of great cidvan loge. This loot is also very suitable tar attaching zip fasteners, or br laying se veral stitch lines closely side by side ; but, in either case, the guide must not be used, hecnuse it will be in the way.
rows of stitches iii any desir ed direction, without pre viously niark rig the mate . Fix the quilter guide 1 no support over the presser bar so that it is immedia tely above the foot and encircles it. Now push the straight guide rod from right to left thi ouqh the holes ri the bow, and tighten the screws, Make your first ro,v of stitches, then move lie material to the right to give the required spacing between hi st rind ecaisd stitch row.
Continue in the some manner a c r o s s the first lines of stitching, until the hole is completely mended. Rents and badly worn edges on collars and culls can be darned without the aid of the darning plate ond without employing the darning hoop. For this class of work you can use the standard presser foot. This is possible be((ruse collars and cuffs ore usually made of 2—3 layers of cloth.
• lb e H e a cI (Fig. 18, page 18), after dadsening off the retaining screw cind removing the head cover plate. 2. T Ii e A r m (Fig. 18, page 18>, alter slackening all the sciew and sliding the nickel-finished plate at he back upwards. 3. 1 h e N cc d I e P Ia t e (Fig. page 1>, after slackening off the i doming screws and removing the plate. 4. Tb e S h u t t I e C a r r e r (Fig.
Cause and remedy of faults f6. 4. The eye of the needle has a knife edqe change the needle. Dirt and fluff are interfering with the free movement of the feed dog, causing intermittent feeding of the material remove needle plate and thoroughly clean the feed. 6. The hole in needle plate has developed a rough edge and catches the thread consult a sewing machine expert. — . Please always remember: many faults can be remedied merely by cleaning and oiling the machine. Machine works heavily 1.
3. The thread curls owing to its being unsuitably spun and glossed for your purpose change the thread. 4. The needle used is not of the system marked on the bedplate stide of your machine obtain the correct needle from the suppliers of your machine. — 3. The presser foot has been attached wrongly reset it to its correct position; (see page 6: “Attaching the Presser Foot”). Tighten the retaining screw with the aid of a screwdriver. -.- Uneven Stitching The Needle breaks 1.
sewing mochine, in If you hove ony trouble with your corned out the spite of the (oct thot you hove corefully get in touch pleose then directions conjoined in this book, olwoys be will They with the suppliers of your mochine. glod to help you.
