Singer NO. 27, NO. 28 Instruction Manual

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INSTRUCTIONS

FOR USING

SINGER*

SEWING MACHINE

NO. 27 & 28

VIBRATING SHUTTLE, FOR FAMILY USE

When requiring

Needle, Oil,
Parts or Repairs,
for your Machine

THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.

Look for the

Red "S"

There are Singer

Shops in every City

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The Table of Contents

Warning
To all whom it may concern
Singer Service

It’s sew easy by electricity
The Hand Attachment
Stop Motion
To Operate the Hand Machine
To Ensure Perfect Action of the Machine
To Set the Needle
To Thread the Needle
To Wind the Bobbin
To Remove the Shuttle
To Thread the Shuttle
To Replace the Shuttle
To Prepare for Sewing
To Commence Sewing
To Remove the Work
To Regulate the Tension
To Alter the Length of Stitch
To Change the Pressure on Material
To Turn a Corner
To Sew Flannel or Bias Seams
To Oil Machine

Hints

Needles Breaking
Thread Breaking
Skipping Stitches
Stitches Looping
Material Puckering

Instructions for Using Attachments

Bias Gauge
The Binder - Binding
To Bind with Dress Braid
To Make French Folds
The Adjustment and Operation of the Binder
Binding Outside Curves
Binding Inside Curves
The Quilter
The Foot Hemmer - Hemming
Hemming and Sewing

on Lace in One Operation
The Foot Hemmer - Felling
The Adjustable Hemmer
The Adjsutable Hemmer - Wide Hemming
The Under Braider - Braiding

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WARNING

It is essential that your machine should be
kept well oiled, in accordance with the
instructions given on pages 13 and 14 of this
book.

SINGER Oil, which is specially prepared for
sewing machines, is supplied in tins which
have the well-known SINGER Red "S" printed
thereon.

SINGER Needles are stamped with the Trade
Mark SIMANCO* and are sold in green pack­ets which also bear the SINGER Red Letter
"S."

Needles in Containers marked
" For Singer Machines "
are not SINGER made needles.

Should your machine require overhauling or
repair, apply only to a SINGER SEWING
CENTRE or SINGER Salesman, otherwise
you will risk its being irretrievably damaged.

Every description of sewing machine
repaired,

To all whom it may concern:

The improper placing or renewal of the trade­mark "SINGER" or any other of the trade­marks of The Singer Manufacturing Company
(all of which are duly Registered Trade­marks) on any machine that has been
repaired, rebuilt, reconditioned, or altered in
any way whatsoever outside a SINGER facto­ry or an authorised SINGER agency is forbid­den.

SINGER SERVICE

Now that you have purchased your new
SINGER Sewing Machine we do not want
you to feel that your relations with us have
come to an end.

The following instructions are worded so that
they may be easily understood by everyone,
and we would suggest that you study them
carefully in order that you may obtain the
fullest use and pleasure from your sewing
machine. If, however, you require further
assistance we would ask you to call at the
local SINGER SEWING CENTRE where
advice will always be willingly given in the
use of any SINGER Machine and its
Attachments.

We hope, too, that you will make the SINGER
SEWING CENTRE your headquarters for
sewing supplies and service. Only there, or
through SINGER authorized representatives,
can you secure SINGER oil, cotton, needles,
etc. all of which are so important in obtaining

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The Hand Attachment

FIG. 1

When the cover is removed from the machine, the hand attachment will be found to be out of
working position, as shown in Fig. 1.

To operate the machine, pull the small spring stud (2, Fig. 1) and turn the handle back until
the lever (1, Fig. 1) enters the socket (3, Fig. 1); also see that the hinged finger (4, Fig. 2) is
turned back between the spokes of the wheel. The machine will then be ready for working, as
shown in Fig. 2.

Before replacing the cover, the lever should be
disengaged, and the handle placed in the position shown in Fig. 1.

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FIG. 2

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Stop Motion

This device a allows the hand wheel to run
free, so that bobbins may be wound without
operating the mechanism. To loosen the
wheel hold it with the left hand and with the
right hand turn the stop motion screw over
towards you, as shown in Fig. 3.

To Operate the Hand Machine

Tighten the hand wheel (see Fig. 3) and
place a piece of material under the presser
foot (7, Fig. 5). Then lower the latter by
means of the lifter (3, Fig. 5). Now turn the
handle over from you to work the machine,
without its being threaded, until you are
accustomed to guiding the material with the
left hand.

FIG. 3

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To Ensure Perfect Action of the Machine

The hand wheel must always turn over
towards you.

Do not work the machine with the presser
foot lowered or with the shuttle and the nee­dle threaded, except when sewing

Both slides over the shuttle must be kept
closed.

To Set the Needle

(See Fig. 4)

Raise the needle bar to its highest point and
loosen the thumb screw.

(A). Hold the needle with the left hand and,
with its flat side to the right, insert it into the
needle clamp (B) as far as it will
go. Then retighten the thumb screw.

Fig. 4. Positioning Needle in Needle Clamp.

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To Thread the Needle

(See Fig. 5)

Turn the hand wheel heel until the lever (2) is
at its highest. Place a reel of thread on the
spool pin and pass the thread through the
notch (13) down, and from right to left under
and between the tension discs (12), and up
through the eyelet in the take-up spring (4).
Then pass the thread from the front through
the hole in the lever (2), down through the
guard (5), into the guide (6), and from left to
right through the eye of the needle. Draw
about three inches of thread through the eye
of the needle with which to commence
sewing.

To obtain best results it is absolutely neces­sary that the needle used be of the size stat­ed for the number of cotton, linen or silk, as
shown on inside of back cover. If rough or
uneven thread is used, or if it passes with dif­ficulty through the eye of the needle, the
machine will not function satisfactorily.

The SINGER Needle Threader saves time,
trouble and patience, and is invaluable to
those having defective sight.

FIG. 5

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To Wind the Bobbin

(See Fig. 6)

Loosen the hand wheel (see Fig. 3) and push
the top of the winder from you until its rubber
ring (5) just touches the ledge of the hand
wheel. Turn the latter over towards you until
the thread guide (2) moves to the extreme
right. Place a reel of thread on the spool pin;
and pass the end of thread through the notch
at top of the face plate (13, Fig. 5); then
thread the winder by passing the thread
upward through the eyelet (1) and into the
notch (2). Draw the knob (3) to the left, and
place an empty bobbin between the cup at
the right (4) and the centre hole at the left.
Now clamp the end of thread between the
cup and the end of the bobbin, turn the hand
wheel towards you and wind by operating the
machine as when sewing. When nearly full
remove the bobbin by pulling the knob (3) to
the left, then withdraw the winder from the
ledge of the hand wheel and tighten the latter
by turning the stop motion screw from you.

FIG. 6

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To Remove the Shuttle

Open the front slide of the machine and turn the hand wheel towards you until the shuttle
comes full under the opening. Press down the point of the shuttle with the thumb and lift out.
Turn the open end of the shuttle downward and the bobbin will drop out.

NOTE: The shuttle should not be lifted out by the spring.

To Thread the Shuttle

Hold the shuttle, as in Fig. 7, and insert the bobbin so that the end of the thread draws from
the left towards the right, as shown in the illustration.

FIG. 7

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