SINGER W1268 User Manual
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You are now the owner of a new zigzag sewing rnachine, the most versatile type of
its kind you can possess.
Buttonholes,, monogramming, overcasting and creative embroidery are done with ease
and speed. ^
To aid you in obtaining the greatest performance from your new machine this book
on its care and use has been written for you. Read the instructions carefully as a thorough
understanding of your machine will reward you with many hours of trouble-free, creative
sewing.
Time-saving attachments such as rufflers, binders, edgestitchers, cording feet and
so forth ot complement the accessories furnished with your machine are available from
the store where you purchased your machine.
WHITE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY.
CLEVELAND OHIO 44111 .
WHITE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY. LTD.
Toronto 16. Ontario. Canada
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WHITE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY
11750 Berea Road
CLEVELAND 11, OHIO 44111
INDEX
Page
Features and Parts ...............................................2-3-4
Needle and Thread Chart
Setting the Needle.................................................... 6
Winding the Bobbin ................................................ 6
Threading Bobbin Case ............................................ 7
Placing Bobbin Case in Shuttle
Upper Threading
Straight Stitching..................................................... 10
Changing Foot and Plate
Setting the Stitch Length
Stitch Length Chart
Sewing in Reverse................................................... 11
Adjusting the Tensions
Adjusting Pressure and Feed................................... 12
General Sewing
Light Weight Fabrics....................................... 13
Darning and Monogramming
Preparing to Sew
Removing the Work
Creative Embroidery
Satin Stitch
Adjusting Stitch Width.................................... 15
Embroidery Patterns
Samples of Embroidery........................................... 15
Embroidery With a Hoop........................................ 16
Darning
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Making Buttonholes ............................................... 17
5
8
9
Sewing on Buttons
How to Use Accessories
Narrow Hemmer ............................................. 19
Lace Trimmed Hem ........................................ 19
Lace Edge
French Seam
Flat Felled Seam.............................................. 20
Hand Rolled Effect
Quilting Guide
Seam Gauge..................................................... 21
Care and Maintenance............................................. 21
Oiling
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Cleaning and Oiling Shuttle.................................... 23
Accessories ............................................................. 24
Trouble Charts.............................................. 25-26-27
Attachments ................................ 29-30-31-32-33-34
Attachment Foot.............................................. 30
Edgestitcher .................................................... 30
Ruffler............................................................ 33
Binder.............................................................. 31
Hemmers ..........................................................32
Darning Spring
Cording & Zipper Foot.................................... 34
Sewing on Zipper .......................................... 34
Blind Stitch Hem
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19-20-21
21-22
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20
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35
Fig. 1
FEATURES AND PARTS
(Front View)
1. Pressure Release - Darner
2. Arm Thread Guide
3. Zigzag Width Stops
4. Zigzag Stitch Width Lever
5. Spool Pin
6. Hand Wheel
7. Wheel Clutch
8. Bobbin Winder
9. Stitch Length Stops
10. Forward and Reverse Stitch
Length Lever
11. Stitch Length Stops Lock
12. Bobbin Winder Tension
13. Drop Feed Knob
14. Needle Plate - Seam Guide
15. Cover Plate
16. Presser Foot
17. Attachment and Foot Clamp Screw
18. Needle Clamp Screw
19. Thread Guide
20. Tension Regulator
21. Thread Bar
22. Light Switch
23. Take Up Lever
FEATURES AND PARTS
(Back View)
Fig. 2
24. Motor 26. Presser Bar Lifter
25. "Y" Belt 27. Thread Cutter
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28. Feed Dog
NEEDLE-THREAr-FABRIC-STITCHING GUIDE
Fabric
Extremely heavy
tarpaulin, sacking,
canvas, duck, etc.
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.
Sheer voile, lawn.
dimity, crepe.
handkerchief linen.
plastic film, etc.
Very sheer chiffon.
batiste, lace, organdy.
ninon, net, marquisette, etc.
Needle
No.
4
3
Machine
Stitches
Per Inch
2
-I
1
0
(Plastic film)
00 to
6
to
8
8
to
10
10
to
12
12
to
14
14
to
16
8 to 10
16
20
Cotton
Thread
10
to
30
30
to
40
40
to
60
60
to
80
80
to
100
100
to
150
Mercerized or
Thread Nylon
Heavy Duty
Heavy Duty
Heavy Duty
50
50 A
50
Silk
A
A
a
SETTING THE NEEDLE
See Fig. 3. Raise the needle bar A to its
highest point, turning wheel toward you by hand.
Then loosen the needle clamp screw B and
the needle can be inserted into clamp C. Place
needle (flat side to right) in fee needle clamp
and push it upward as tar as it will go into fee
needle clamp hole, tightening the needle clamp
screw securely with a screw driver.
After changing needle make one complete revolution
of balance wheel by hand to be sure the needle is in the
correct position.
HOW TO WIND THE BOBBIN
Disengage the hand wheel (4, Fig. 4) from the stitching mecha
nism by turning the clutch 5 toward you or counterclock-wise.
Place a spool of thread on spool pin, lead thread through
the upper thread guide on the srm, srfe
down through the tension disc (A Fig. 5)
at fee base of the machine. Run end of
thread through a hole in the bojobin
edge and place bobbin B on spindle of
bobbin winder C, fitting the notch on
bobbin over small pin on spindle. Push
bobbin winder pulley against hand wheel.
Hold thread end loosely and start machine
^^°"lBobbin will stop winding when it is filled. Turn clutch away
you until sewing mechanism is again engaged so that needle mo
you turn the hand wheel. • „
Break off loose thread end used to start the winding.
FLAT
'SURFAC;
Sit
GROOVED
SIDE
from
when
Fig. 4
AT
RFACK
SID
THREADING THE
BOBBIN CASE
Step 1 (illustrated in Fig. 6).
Hold bobbin case between thumb
and forefinger of left hand, so that
SLOT
5
rom
hen
the slot in the edge of the bobbin
case is on top. Take the bobbin
between thumb and forefinger of
right hand so that the thread on
top leads from left to right. Step
2. Insert bobbin into bobbin case,
pull the thread into the slot of the
bobbin case as shown in Fig. 7, and
draw it under the tension spring
and into the fork-shaped opening
of the spring as shown in Fig. 8.
Fig. 6 :
Fig. 7
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Fig. 8
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PLACING BOBBIN CASE IN SHUTTLE
Open hinged cover plate left of the needle.
(See 15, Fig. 1) Hold the bobbin case latch, (D),
Fig. 9, between the thumb and forefinger of the left
hand, with at least three inches of thread running
from the top of the bobbin case to the right. Insert
and center the bobbin case on the stud of the shuttle
A body, (C). Be sure
the bobbin case
finger, (E), enters
the shuttle race
notch, (A).
Press the bobbin
case (B) into the
shuttle as far as
possible until latch
catches on the
center post of the
Fig. 9
THEN release the bobbin case latch.
Press bobbin case again after latch has been
shuttle.
(D).
re-
leased to make sure the bobbin case is locked
securely in place. Close the cover plate.
Fig. 10
Jr.
•A
—B
UPPER THREADING
1. Turn the balance wheel toward you to raise the takeup and needle to their highest position.
2. Place spool of thread on spool pin.
3. lead thread under arm thread guide A and by a cir
cular motion with your left hand lead thread through
guide.
4. down and around one set of tension discs B from right
to left.
5. into notch on the right hand side of check spring C
over threaded discs.
Fig. 11
6. under thread guide bar and into guide D.
7. Up into take-up lever from right to left.
8. Down through guide in thread bar D again.
9. Into guide inside face plate.
10. Through needle clamp guide and into needle from front to back pulling three to four inches
of through needle.
Hold the end of upper thread loosely and turn hand wheel toward you until the needle goes
all the way down and comes back up. A loop (Fig. 11) will be formed over the upper thread
which then can be pulled out straight. Place both thread ends under the slot of the presser foot
and draw toward the back of the machine, leaving both threads three or four inches long.
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