How To Use and Care For Your Zigzag Sewing Machine MODEL 1563
e c & LET’S SEW Perforating Plain Paper Ycxir new vvonderfull machine was delivered ready for ZIGZAG siiiching. Certain, kinds of STRAIGHT stitching can also be done with the same NEEDLE PLATE and PRESSER it FOOT which were on the machine when you received it. A NEEDLE was also properly is installed, along with a partially filled BOBBIN underneath.
Contens of This Book Indexed As you have time, study all these instructions carefully to obtcdn the -wanderful performance your machine -was designed and built to give. Constant reference to these instructions will reward you with troublefree sowing satisfaction. Subject Page Attachments - - sewing aids..................14,15,16,17 Automatic (with cams) fancy stitches ........................ 2 Bobbin--removal, threading, replace ......................... 9 Button--sewing on with machine .................
To Saw Fancy Stitch Pattarns AUTOMATICALLY Use the Cams Look over your large assortment of molded plastic cams. Their color or colors do not affect function. ■ A basic design sucb as diamond, half-moon, triangle, (as examples), is embossed on top flat side of each. The cam used automatically guides needle to repeatedly reproduce its jjattem. - To Place A Replaceable Cam In Machine Do two things before selecting a cam. (1) Look directly below needle.
BE SURE - For Zigzag Stitching - Use This Needle Plate and Presser Foot These two parts are slotted crosswise to allow for needle swinging sideways while moving up and down. Slots are about % inch wide. Later On-For Straight Stitching Some Fabric— Presser foot and needle plate with small round hole instead of wide slot-best for finest STRAIGHT stitching in sheer, fine or very soft materials. For changing this standard equipment see page 15.
To Sew Backward - - Zigzag or Straight Stitching —> Reverse siitcii push bution marked. R is in base of maciiine directly below Stitch Length Dial. To sew backward, push button down and feeding teeth will move material in reverse to normal sewing direction as long as push button is held down. It's foolproof. When comfortably placed R button is released material sews forward again. c c To Drop Feeding Teeth for Darning or Mo nog ramming Control knob is just to left of Reverse feed button.
You Move Some Levers For Plain Zigzag—Satin Stitch--Creative Embroidery There is no limit to the variety of stitch patterns you can sew WITHOUT ANY CAM in machine. Get well acquainted with the use and effect of the four controls pictured below. Practice moving zigzag Width Lever from side to side while running machine. Do likewise with Needle Path Selector after pushing it in toward machine.
Match Needle! Size dnd Thread To Your Approximate Stitches Per Inch Needle No. Fabric Machine Stitches Per Inch Fabric - - Sew Like "A Pro” Also important Cotton Thread Mercerized Thread Silk or Nylon Extremely heavy tarpaulin, sacking, canvas, duck, etc 4 6 to 8 iU to 30 Heavy Duty Heavy upholstery ladric, ticking. denim, leatcherette 3 8 to 10 30 to 40 Heavy Duty Medium heavy drapery fabric, velveteen. suiting, felt, terry, etc. 2 10 to 12 40 to 60 Heavy Duty Medium broadcloth.
Selection of Needle A high proportion of home sewing is done with No. 1 size needle. ' For best results on all fabrics from sheer chiffon to canvas, see page 6 chart. Putting Needle In Machine Turn machine wheel until needle bar (A) is at top position. Loosen needle clamp (B) with screw driver. When old needle drops out new one can be inserted. Find the one flat side on needle SHANK and hold that FLAT SIDE TO RIGHT as you push needle upward into clamp (C) as far as pos sible.
Removing Bobbin Cose From Machine Lift kinged plate at left end of mackine bed plate. Look down and sligktly right: You will see the assembly pictured (right). With fingernail of left hand first finger under rear edge of latch (D), pull straight out and use raised latch as finger grip to remove bobbin case contciining bobbin. To Replace Bobbin Case in Machine Reverse above procedure. When sliding case onto shuttle center stud {.
Installing Filled Bobbin and Threading The Bobbin Case SLOT Hold bobbin case with, slot in its edge up (left). Hold bobbin with, fingers of other hand so that end of thread points in CLOCKWISE direction. Insert bobbin in case eind pull thread into case edge slot (RIGHT). Then continue pulling thread under tension spring and into fork-shaped opening of spring (RIGHT), until about three inches of thread protrudes.
10 Adjusting the Tensions for Properly Balanced Stitching The shaded portions of drawings below represent the fabric enlarged many, many times to illustrate the lock-stitch principle--how and where both threads should entwine WITHIN fabric thickness. Hold finished side of material upward when inspecting stitching.
11 Make Buttonholes With Your Machine T 1 First bo sure ZIG21AG Needle Plate is on maciune. Next replace any other Foot ■with, the BUTTONHOLE Foot (look left.) Then follow these directions in making a test buttonhole in scrap fabric. Start by marking fabric ■with tailor chalk or basting stitches, both ends of button holes you want to make, exactly where you want them. To make buttonholes in sheer or very soft fabrics place tarlatan or blank newsprint type paper under fabric.
12 Your Machine Will Sew On Buttons —* (Another operation which takes longer to explain than to do) Put Button-Sew-On Foot on machine. Turn Feed Elnob to DN. Set Needle Path Lever in LEFT position. Set left of ZZ Width Control at 5. Place fabric and button so its LEFT hole is directly under needle and gently lower foot to hold button. Txim machine wheel slowly by hand until needle goes down and back up through left hole. Continue tmming wheel until needle moves to right and starts down again.
о 13 Know Your Machine - - Its Functional Controls and Components > 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Presser Bar Thread Guides Cam Chamber Spool Pins Wheel Wheel Clutch Bobbin Winder Bobbin Wind Tension Reverse Sewing Button 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Feed Teeth Knob Stitch Length Dial Needle Path Selector ZZ Stitch Width Lever ZZ Stitch Width Panel ZZ Width Control Rollers Needle Plate Hinged lift Plate Presser Foot 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Foot Holding Screw Needle Clamp and Screw Thread Guide to N
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15 To Change Needle Plate — Be sure Presser Foot is UP and needle at top position. Raise hinged cover plate (attached to needle plate) and leave UP. Carefolly remove screws holding needle plate-and gripping the raised cover plate slide entire assembly off machine. Set Stitch WIDTH Lever at 0. Turn assembly over - - under side upward - - holding needle plate in one hand, hinged cover plate in the other.
.¿¿LuÜü, ' ! I?. “áS ÍK A-^.í ■ - Use The Norrow Hemmer To Sew Like A P r o Practice first with scrap material. 'With fingers, crease a fine (Ys" wide) DOUBLE fold from starting edge for about two inches. Take a couple hand needle fine stitches to hold fold at starting edge, leaving at least two inches of threads dangling. Holding ■Ti. ‘-4 both ends of the hand creased fold, slide it underneath the Narrow Hemmer Foot. Slip the middle portion of FOLD into 'r^ the SCROLL of Hemmer.
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ft c e Qr € ft € <0 ft % % % To Oil Machine - - Have Take-up Lever In LOWEST Position (0 'se only Sewing Machine Oil avadlable from your dealer - - avoid other rades. Never over-oil. ONE DROP at the points indicated by arrows bove is sufficient. Oil machine when starting a sewing project - - or uring such. NEVER oil machine before putting it away for a few eeks or longer. When and how often to oil is a matter of good judg.ent because nobody but you knows how much and for how long your .
19 To Clean and Oil Shuttle--Lift and Tip Machine Backward Occasionally the shuttle assembly gets clogged with lint, loose threads or fabric dressings. Running machine threaded without fabric under presser foot can also clog and tightly jam the shuttle. Cleaning this assembly is simple. Cabinet or portable hinges will hold machine at an angle. Underneath machine at its left end you will see the assembly pictured here. With needle at its TOPMOST position--remove Bobbin Case (Page 8).
I i Fix-lt-Yourself Hints To Avoid Costly Home Calls Long experience than sewing has established machine the necessitate absolute fact approximately that their three-fourths users rather all service of calls. To know the cause of any trouble usually makes correction of it relatively simple. .rT .
21 Skipping Stitches IrxegTxlar Uneven Stitches Correction Probaile Cause Trotible 1; Bent needle Discard and replace Needle placed incorrectly in clamp See instruction page 7 Too fine a needle for thread being used See needle and thread chart, page 6 Upper thread tension too loose Tighten upper tension Improper threading See threading instruction, page 7 Bobbin not wotind even Rewind bobbin Pulling or holding material Avoid pulling or holding material, just guide it.
22 Trouble 1 Upper Probable Cause e Improperly threaded Refer to threading instructions page 7 and rethread machine i Too much tension Loosen tension on upper thread by turning thread tension dial to lower number.
23 Trouble If MacKine Binds or Locks Correction Probable Cause Tixread or lint in race. Likely machine was run witbout sewing fabric. LATCH Understandcibly, many users think their machines have broken down the first time they experi ence a clogged shuttle, or hook, as sometimes described. However, such jamming is easily corrected. RACE COVER KOOK CLAMPS -shuttle race cover--shuttle (book) - - must cdl be removed from the shuttle race, which is built in to the machine.
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