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SEWING MACHINE
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Features and Parts
Needle and Thread Chart
Setting the Needle
Ninding the Bobbin
Threading the Bobbin Case
Placing Bobbin Case in Shuttle
pper ]hreadig
.tdjusting the Tensions
Setting the Stitch Length
Stitch I engtli Chart
Sewing in Fieverse
Preparing to Sew
Reno\ ing the Work
djusting Pressur
Ceneral Sewing
Se ing Thin Fabrics
Darning
Care and Maintenance
Oiling
Replacing Light Bulb
Changing Belt
Cleaning and Oiling Shuttle
Check Up for Smooth Sewing
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FEATURES AND PARTS
FRONT VIEW
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13. Cover Plate.
12. Needle Plate
1 1. BIll.
10; Feed BIllion
9. Feed Btitton
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Seam Guide.
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8. Bobbin \Vinding Tension.
7. Reverse tikli BUtton.
b. Stitch Regulating Knob.
3. Stitch I ength Indicator.
4. Lover Release Button.
3. Bobbin \inder Cover.
2. Hand heet
1. Telescopic Spool Pins.
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Darner.
25 .Arm Thread Gnide.
24. Pressure Release
23. Take-up Lever.
22. 1 ight Switch.
21. Tension Regulator.
20. Thread Bar.
19. Thread Guides (inside face plate).
18. Face Plate.
17. Needle Clamp and Screw.
16. Foot or Attachment Thumb screw
15. Presser Foot.
14. Feed.
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26. Thread CutLer.
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27. Presser Bar Lifter.
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28. Motor.
FEATURES AND PARTS
BACK VIEW
29. Pulley.
30. Belt.
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Heavy upholstery
fabric, ticking.
denim. leatherette
Medium heavy drapery
fabric, velveteen.
suiting, felt, terry, etc.
Medium broadcloth,
percale, gingham. linen,
chintz, taffeta, sheer wool, shantung, etc.
Very sheer chiffon,
batiste, lace, organdy,
ninon, net, marquisette, etc.
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Sheer voile, lawn,
dimity, crepe,
handkerchief linen,
plastic film, etc.
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Needle
No.
Extremely heavy
tarpaulin, sacking.
canvas, duck, etc.
Fabric
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14
to
16
(Plastic film)
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16
to
20
12
to
14
10
to
12
8
to
10
6
to
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Machine
Stitches
Per inch
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100
to
150
80
to
100
60
to
80
40
to
60
30
to
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10
to
30
Cotton
Thread
50
50
50
Hevy Duty
Heavy Duty
Heavy Duty
Mercerized
Thread
A
A
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Silk
or
Nylon
The following table will show the size of needles generally used with various sizes of thread.
NEEDLE
THREAD
FABRIC
STITCHING GUIDE
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loosely
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WINDING THE BOBBIN
\\ lien
Fig.
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to its highest p dnt. turning whe
See Fig. 3, Raise the needle Jar (_‘d
(it) and tho
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Then loosen the needle ohalup
toward von by hand.
t, in the
Place needle (( h. flat sile to righ
needle clamp will open itself.
ill go lilt) tile needle ‘lamp
)1h it upward as (ui’ as it V
needle clamp and 1
tb a screw driver.
securely
Fasten the needle clamp screw
hole.
w inder.
ng open the cover 3 of the recessed
Push hutton 4. Fig. 1- \. to spri
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the sewing nieclianism is anloinat
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engaged.
the u pp’r
spool in. load thread through
ugh the
guide oil the arm, and don ii thro
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tension disc at the
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See Fig. . Ft in end of thre
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place
11010 iii lie lobbin edge and
notch on
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fitti
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B. Fig: ‘I. it.
Push
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spin
on
bobbin over small pin
end
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thre
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lever. ( Fig. 1 \. in.
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Fig.
bin
Bob
and start machine shon lv.
Fig.
FLAT
1W E1LE
SETTING THE NEEDLE
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SLOT
Hold bobbii case
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P i (illustrated in Fig.
ecu thumb and forefinger of left hand, so that the
slot in the edge of the bobbin case is on top. Take the
so
bobbin hetu ecu thiunb and iorehnger of right hand
right.
to
that the thread on 101) leads •roin left
THREADiNG THE BOBBIN CASE
will be released automatically when it is filled. Break oIl
loose thread end used to start the winding. Close cover,
making sure that lever C has not been pushed in again,
and machine is ready to sew, (As long as cover remains
open, the rwi ug nicehanisni is disengagedi
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TENSION SPRING
Step 2 insert bobbin into boitbin case,
the thread into the slot of tile bobbni case as
cv n in Fig. 7. .ad draw it ii nder the tension
spring and inti the fork -shaped open ng of the
spring as sinc n in l’ig. 8.
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PLACING BOBBIN CASE IN SHUTTLE
latch has been released to make sure the bobbin case is
Close tile cover plate.
locked securely in place.
Be sure tile bobbin
the stud of the shuttle body, (C).
case finger, (E). is opposite shuttle race notch, (\). Press
the bobbin case into tile shuttle as far as possible until
latch catches on the center post of shuttle. THEN release
the bobbin case latch. (D). Press bobbin case again after
0-BOBBIN C
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Fig. 9, between
Open hinged cover plate left of the needle. (See 13. Fig. 1.) Hold the bobjn case latch. (D).
the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, with at least
3 inches of thread rulming from the top of the bobbin
case to the right, insert and center the bobbin case on EBflBHO CAl
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9) and into needle from left to
Pull three or four
right.
of
thread through
inches
needle.
8) through the needle thread
guide
inside hinged face plate
7) down into thread guides
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6) u into take-u
right to left
under thread guide bar
4) into the check spring over
threaded discs
3) down between tension discs
from right to left
2) Lead thread through pigtail
thread guide
1) Pull up spool pin and place
spool of thread on it.
UPPER THREADING
Fig.
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w lj ust the tipper tension
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Pr
it is
raised.
[urn
The higher the
lo
hen necessary to change the bobbin tension,
clockw isC to loosen.
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turn small scn’\t ( [‘itt. l3( on side of the
boldiin case clockwise to tighten. counter
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that the machine is threaded properly.
liefore adjusting lower tension he sure
nu niber on t hi’ dial the tighter the tension.
decrease, turn to the left.
dial ( Iig. 12) to the right, or clockwise.
I Inead.
To increase the
itli the presser foot down. as the
tension on the upper
tension is autoniaticalhi released when
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ADJUSTING THE TENSIONS
Hold the cml of the upper thread loosely and turn lituid wheel
tow ard von until needle goes all the way down and comes back up.
A loop (Fig. ii) ill he formed over the upper thread which then can
be pulled out straight.
Place both thread ends under the slot of the
presser foot and (lraw toward the back of the machine, leaving isoli
thread three or four inches long.
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Under thread tension too tight
rTpper thread tension too tight
Perfect Stitch
No Feeding
uniher of stitches per inch
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\\ hen ou u ish in sew backward to tie the threads at the hegin
ning or @11(1 of a seam, press in the bntton R, Fig. 15, as far as it
will go.
‘ihe maclime will sew backward as long as the button is
held in.
SEWING IN REVERSE
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hglLres in Stitch Indicator
STITCH LENGTH CHART (\pproxiinaie)
The length of the stitch s
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regulated by the (hal t show ii
in Fig. 15. wInch nio es the marker in the stitch indicator. B. to the
setting on prefer. ‘\ear U is [lie shortest stitch and 1 is the longest.
rftlrn thin thal In the right to lengthen and to the left to shorten the
stitch.
SETTING THE STITCH LENGTH
When the under tension is too tight, the upper thread ±orns hops
over the lower thread l\ ing flat on tlieiabrc.
When tIle tipper tension is too light, the lower thread is pulled •np
over the upper thread which is lying flat on the fabric.
When the upper and under tensions are properly balanced, a perfect
stitch will be formed with both threads interlpckiug in fabric (Fig. 1-fl.
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PREPARING TO SEW
General ien ing. I. snaIl br normal sen ing
the pressure bar cap or darner release, \. Fig.
16. is at its lou est position and the feed is al
its highest level. n ithi the himtton marked I p’
presseml all the u a don ii. Fig. 17.
ADJUSTING PRESSURE AND
FEEDING OF FABRIC
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Be sure to stop the machine u hen the thread take-up lever and needle bar are located at the highest
position
,ou raise the presser foot and draw the fabric back and to the left .me I
l>L1 the threads o er the thread cutter.
l’tdl don n sligh iI. holding thread in both hands. so a not to bend t1n needle. I ea e the ends
of thread under
the
foot.
REMOVING THE WORK
Have take-up lever at highest point before starting to sew.
After threading, NEVER run machine without
material between presser foot and feed.
Place material and threads in position under presser foot and lower the presser foot. Turn the
hand wheel
toward you until the needle is at its highest point.
You are nou ready to begin sewing.
The speed of the
machine is regulated Lv increasing or decreasing. the amount of pressure exerted on the control.
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HO\V To oIL 01 B. M \CHINE
our machine should he oiled occasionally to
how often depends on
keep it operatiug smoothl
the amount of sewina on do.
Before oiling the upper part of the sewing
unit at points indicated by arrows in Fig. 20, turn
hand wheel toward von until the take-up lever is
CARE AND MAINTENANCE
OF YOUR MACHINE
Fig.
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Sewing Thin or Light Weight Fahics.
When lighter pressure is required to sew
satisfactorily on thin silk or fliuisv material,
the pressure Cal) should he about halfway
down. Release all the way by pressing ti:
snap lock, B, Fig. 18. and then press cap
A clown again to halfway spot. Lower the
feed slightly by pressing the button marked
“Down” to the halfway spot. l3oth buttons
Fig. 19
Fig. 18
will be at the same level.
freely in any direction for darning or mending, release
Darning and Mending. In order to move the fabric
on the snap lock, B, Fig. 18. Press the button “Down” to its
the pressure cap A completely by pressing down
below the needle plate. To return feed to normal, press button
low est positioli. Fig. 19, which drops the feed well
marked “l-p’.
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parts under the bed
of
the macinne,
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indicated
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Fig. 22.
plate, w hich only rarely
require
oiling, at spois
Oil moving parts inside [lie lnnged face
of oil at each po nt
tip the nnit hack on its 11 inges and ap
dv a drop
1
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is needed
each point.
at its lowest point. Avoid Over-oilingofllv a drop
a ne’,i one. The correct size is ol tainalile from
\our sewing nuacliine dealer.
Open the lace plate and lift up hinged light
protector \. Fig. 23. Lnscreo bnlb and uusert
HOW TO REPlACE T lIE l.ICIIT BLIJ
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enough to make the grooved sectiou
v hich holds the belt accessible. Fig. 23.
Slide ll belt over hand wheel and
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wheel
back
against
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7. Turn clutch clockwise until it tightens.
‘[‘lie tighten screw A.
6. Push haul
uuiacluine.
pulley on the end of the motor.
5. Slide new belt into grooved section and
o er tiotor pulley.
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of clutch i in center of hand wheel.
I onset’ screw A, Pie. 2 I. near edge
it stops turning.
2. inrn the clitcli connierelocku ise until
from
3. Then pull hand wheel away
Pull it ust far
machine carefulh
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HO\VT() (:H’A’cul: TilE BELT
must first he looseiied
the heft on cour machine the hand wheel
replace
to
necessary
become
evr
should
If it
To do this, follow these instructions
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CLEANING AND OILING THE SHUTTLE
3. _\pph a drop
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1. (lean the shuttle
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remove
the shuttle
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BOBBIE CASE
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A—SHUTTLE
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(Ib, and
C—SHUTTLE RACE
COVER CLAMPS
race eo
‘[lie shuttle ‘a ill assume the position
the shuttle. and shuttle race cover h relnovine all threads, lint.
vithi linger tip to outer edge of shuttle.
race.
3. Turn the Lw) shuttle race cover clamps (C), Fig. 26 B. downward and
shuttle ( d.
Turn the balance w heel until the needle reaches its highest position.
illustrated in Fig. 26 \, Tilt head back on its hinges.
2. Remove bobbui case (F). Fig. 26 B.
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ihe stitch forming n chanisni occasionall he(’oinos clogged w itli loose threads aio I lint. This w ill interfere
with the efficient opera tioji of the nacliine. (dean ing and renlo\ al 01’ the lint w’il 1 safeguard the performance.
remove the shuttle asseniblv. proceed as follow s
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Be sure beer tension is not too tight.
Lower Thread Breaks.
Check correct method of threading bobbin case.
l)o not have upper tension too tight.
Check omi correct way to thread machine.
Use correct needle size for thread.
ppcr fhread Breaks.
Be sure needle is inserted properly.
Although your sewing machine is designed for maximum efficiency, should any of the following difficulties
occur they can be remedied with minor adj ustments.
CHECK UP FOR SMOOTH SEWING
1. Put bobbin into bobbin case.
5. Put the bobbin case into the shuttle race, fitting tongue into groove of race cover.
1. Turn the balance heel until the needle reaches its highest position.
2. Place shuttle A. Fig 26 A. against shuttle driver D and adjust into position.
n with shuttle race
3. Replace shuttle race cover. B, fitting pin at lower edge into notch, and lock into positio
cover clamps, (C). making certain the clamps have been snapped securely.
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When the cleaning has been completed, proceed as follows to replace the shuttle assemb
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Clean thread, dust and lint from hook, shuttle and race.
If condition continues. it may be that the machine is gummy with oil.
Apply kerosene to oil holes, run rapidly for a while, and wipe dry.
Then lubricate again with fine sewing machine oil.
Machine Binds.
Make sure tensions are properly balanced and that machine is threaded correctly.
Stitches Loop.
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Do not use a blunt or bent needle.
Insert needle correctly.
Use coriect needle size for thread.
Be sure pressure on foot is sufficient when sewing heavy fabrics.
Skipped Stitches.
Do not tug or pull on thc fabric while sewing as this will bend and eventually break the needle.
Be sure presser foot.is firmly attached to bar.
Be sure needle clamp screw is tightened seecurely.
Needle Breaks.
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