SINGER W120 User Manual

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INSTRUCTION

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CONTENTS

Name of parts

1.

Turning of light

2.

Winding the bobbin............................................................. 3

3.

Inserting of the needle

4.

How to thread the needle

5.

How to remove the bobbin case................................................. 6

6.

How to insert the bobbin case................................................ 6

7.

How to thread the bobbin case................................................. 7

8.

How to sew straight stitches.................................................. 8

9.

Adjustment of stitches and reverse Sewing

10.

Use drop feed device

11.

Adjustment of pressure to cloth............................................... 12

12.

Regulating width of zigzag stitch

13.

Manual zigzag sewing

14.

How to keep the machine in good repair...

15.

How to make button holes

16.

Darning and embroidery

17.

Sewing on buttons

18.

Narrow hemming

19.

Sewing in a zipper

20.

Installing sewing heads in cabinet or portable base

21.

Blind hems................................................................................................................................................................................. 24

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1. NAME OF PARTS

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1. Spool pin

2. Zigzag width control knob

3. Bobbin winder thread guide

4. Top cover thread guide

5. Thread take-up lever

6. Patchomatic darner

7. Face plate

8. Thread guides

9. Needle bar

10. Needle bar thread guide

11. Presser foot thumb screw

12. Presser foot

13. Shuttle cover slide plate

14. Feed teeth

15. Needle plate

16. Needle

17. Pres ser bar

18. Needle clamp

19. Thread tension regulator

20. Arm

21. Bed plate

22. Drop feed knob

23. Reverse button

24. Stitch length regulator knob

25. Stitch indicator window

26. Balance wheel

27. Bobbin winder latch

28. Bobbin winder spindle

29. Top cover

2. TUENING ON LIGHT

The lamp housing is enclosed in the face plate (Fig 2).
The switch for operating the light is beneath the face plate (Fig 3).

Changing bulb:
Be sure to first unplug your sewing machine. With your left hand, open the face

plate and the bulb is easily replaced.

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Fig. 2

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3. WINDING THE BOBBIN

The bobbin is easily wound by the fol

lowing method.

(a) Turn the stop motion knob (1) toward

you while holding the balance wheel
(2) with the left hand, loosening it
so the wheel will run free without

operating the sewing mechanism.

(b) Place the Spool on the Spool.pin (3).

Pass the end of the thread through the
Arm Thread Guide (4). Also pass it
between the discs of the tension brack
et (5). Wind the thread around the

Bobbin (6) seven or eight times, and

place the bobbin on the Bobbin winder
spindle (7). The bobbin winder auto

matically disengages when the bobbin

is about 907o full.

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Fig. 4

4. INSERTING OF THE NEEDLE

(a) Loosen the needle clamp with your right hand

and hold needle so that the flat side is to
your right. Then insert the upper part of the
needle until it hits the closed end of the

clamp,

(b) Tighten the needle clamp with your right hand.
(c) As the picture indicates, turn the needle

clamp to the left to loosen it, and turn it to
the right to tighten it.

(d) Always make sure that the long groove in the

needle is toward the left.

5. HOW TO THREAD THE NEEDLE

(a) Raise the needle bar to its highest point.
(b) Thread the needle by following the numbers indicated in the picture.

(1) Arm Thread Guide
(2) Tension Bracket

(3) Tension Disc
(4) Tension Thread Guide
(5) The Take-up Spring

(6) Thread Take -up Lever
(7) Arm Thread Guide
(8) Arm Thread Guide

(9) Needle Clamp Thread Guide

(10) Needle

Fig. 6

6. HOW TO REMOVE THE BOBBIN CASE

(a) Raise the needle bar to its highest point by

turning the balance wheel.
(b) Open the bobbin case cover.
(c) Open the latch of the bobbin case and take it

out.
(d) Close the latch of the bobbin case thus taken

out, and turn it with the open side downward.

The bobbin will drop out.

7. HOW TO INSERT THE

BOBBIN CASE

(a) Open the latch and insert the bobbin case on the

shuttle race pin. Be sure that the horn goes
into the slot in the shuttle race.

(b) Close the latch when the bobbin case has been

inserted.

(c) Be careful not to remove or insert the bobbin

case when the needle bar is lowered. The shuttle
body and the shuttle race will be damaged if

BOBBIN

this warning is ignored. — 6 —