SINGER W1365 User Manual

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 ■ ■ ■ . 8

Upper Threading...................................................... 9

Straight Stitching

Changing Foot and Plate

Setting the Stitch Length

Stitch Length Chart

Sewing in Reverse

Adjusting the Tensions........................................... 11

Adjusting Pressure and Feed

General Sewing ............................................... 12

Light Weight Fabrics....................................... 13

Darning and Monogramming
Preparing to Sew

Bemoving the Work ............................................... 14

Creative Embroidery .............................................. 14

Satin Stitch....................................................... 14

Adjusting Stitch Width

Embroidery Patterns

Samples of Embroidery........................................... 15

Automatic Embroidery
Blind Hems

Embroidery With a Hoop ...................................... 18

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Darning .................................................................. 18

5

Making Buttonholes
Sewing on Buttons

How to Use Accessories

Narrow Hemmer

Lace Trimmed Hem ................................ 21

Lace Edge ....................................................... 22

French Seam

Flat Felled Seam............................................. 22

Hand Rolled Effect.......................................... 22

Quilting Guide

Seam Gauge

Care and Maintenance

Oiling ............................................................. 24

Cleaning and Oiling Shuttle

Accessories

Trouble Charts ...................................... 27 28 29

Attachments

Attachment Foot ........................................... 32

Edgestitcher

Ruffler ............................................................ 35

Binder
Hemmers

Darning Spring............................................... 34

Cording & Zipper Foot
Sewing on Zipper

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FEATURES AND PARTS

(Front View)

1. Pressure Release-Darner •f/c,

2. Arm Thread Guides

x/3. Cam Cover Release

4. Cam Cover

5. Zigzag Stitch Width Stops

6. Spool Pin

7. Zigzag Stitch Width Lever

8. Handwheel /b^/7 7

9. Wheel Clutch

^ 10. Bobbin Winder ^

11. Stitch Length Stops

' 12.Forward and Reverse Stitch Length

Lever $'0^70

14. Bobbin Winder Tension

15. Drop Feed Knob

16. Needle Plate-Seam Guide

17. Cover Plate

18. Presser Foot

19. Needle Clamp Screw

20. Attachment and Fool Clamp Screw

21. Thread Guide

22. Tension Regulator

23. Thread Bar

24. Light Switch J73/o

25. Take Up Lever

13, Stitch Length Stops Lock

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FEATURES AND PARTS

('Back View)

26. Motor

27. "V" Belt

28. Presser Bar Lifter

29. Thread Cutter

Fig. 2

30. Feed

NEEDLE -

THREAD

- 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

2

i

0

00

Machine
Stitches
Per Inch

6

to

8

8

to

10

10

to

12 60

12

to

14
14

to

16

fPlastic film)

8 to 10

16

to

20

Cotton
Thread

10

to Heavy Duty

30

30

to Heavy Duty

40
40

to

60

to 50 A

80
80

to

100

100

to

150

Mercerized

Thread Nylon

Heavy Duty

50

50 A

Silk

or

A

Fig. 3

SETTING THE NEEDLE

u ■ needle bar A to its
nigh^st point, turning wheel toward you by hand.

4.U needle clamp screw B and

me needle can be inserted into clamp C place

si^e to right in the needle clamp
and push it upward as far as it will go into the
needle clamp hole, tightening the needle clamp

screw securely with a screw driver.

After changing needle make one complete revolution

ot 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

turning the clutch 5 toward you or counterclocO

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Place a sdooI

thread on one of the spool pins. lead

thread through the upper thread guides
on the arm, and down through the

tension disc i'B, Fig. S' at the base of

the machine. Run end of thread through

A

u bobbin edge and plaie

bobbin C on spindle of bobbin winder
E, fitting the notch on bobbin over small
pin on spindle. Push bobbin winder

pulley against hand wheel. Hold thread

Fig. 5

end loosely and start machine slowly.

Bobbin will stop winding when it is filled. Turn clutch a

you until sewing mechanism is again engaged so that needl

when you turn the hand wheel.

Break off loose thread end used to start the winding.

vay froi

e move

THREADING THE

BOBBIN CASE

Step 1 (illustrated in Fig. 6).
Hold bobbin case between thumb
and forefinger of left hand, so that
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
bobbbin 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

Fig. 8

PLACING BOBBIN CASE IN SHUTTLE

Open hinged cover plate left of the needle.

(See 11, Fig. li 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

body, (C). Be sure

' the bobbin case

finger, 'E;, enters
the shuttle race

notch, (A).

Press the bobbin
case iB' into the
shuttle as far as
possible until latch
catches on the
center post of the

Fig. 9 shuttle.

THEN release the bobbin case latch, (D:.

Press bobbin case again after latch has been re

leased to make sure the bobbin case is locked

securely in place. Close the cover plate.

Fig. 10

UPPER THREADING

1 T

j balance wheel toward you io raise the

2 p] needle to their highest position.
3 le Ibread on spool pin,

circuì under arm thread guide A and by
tL niotion with your left hand lead thread

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riohf I °^°nnd one set of tension discs B from

^ "9ht to left,

over th P^ht hand side of check spring C

6. unde, thr?!f

8. Down th

^nto rr -j guide in thread bar n again.

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Hold a Ihread through needle. ■

_ ^ne end

®®8le gQgg ° upper thread loosely and turn hand wheel toward you unii the

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the uppg down and comes back up. A loop (Fig. 11) will be formed

bireadc Presser foot and draw toward the back of the machine, leaving

guide.

into f t D

^ugti needle I ■

inche '^‘Qmp guide and into needle from front to back pulling three to

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the slot which then can be pulled out straight. Place both thread ends

or four inches long.

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10

STRAIGHT STITCHING

For straight sewing on fine fabric or very soft
material, you may want to use the straight stitch presser
foot and the straight stitch needle plate which are in
cluded in your accessory box. Both have narrow needle

slots.

Changing the Foot and Plate. To change presser
foot ( 18 Fig. 1; loosen thumb screw ( 20 Fig. 1) and
remove zigzag foot. Replace with hinged narrow foot

and tighten screw securely.

To change needle plate 16 Fig. 1) remove it with

jover plate from machine. Turn assembly wrong side
up. Hold needle plate in left hand and cover plate in
right (Fig, 12-Ai

Slip upper pin on cover plate out of groove on
needle plate, and pull upper portion of cover plate
away. Then lower pin can be separated from groove
as the tongue on cover plate slips out of the spring
latch on needle plate.

To attach cover plate to straight stitch plate, again
hold assembly- wrong side up. Holding cover plate in
right hand at a slight upward angle, slide lower pin in

to groove, then lift cover plate to insert tongue into
opening of spring latch. Upper pin will then slide

easily into groove.

Put plates on machine and fasten securely with

needle plate screws.

Be sure to set the stitch width at 0 or the needle

will break in striking the foot or plate. Adjust stops 3
to hold zigzag lever 2 in 0 position.

Fig- 12-A

Fig. 12-E

Forward ^SETTING.THE STITCH LENGTH

To ad ust th stitching are both regulated by Lever 10, Fig. 12-B.

“«ease th!' .utl screw 11 and move lever 10 downward to

Tighten screw^ii '^Pward to shorten it.

, his will set the stops for both forward and reverse stitching.

STITCH LENGTH CHART (Approximate)

N

‘Araber of stitch

es_per_inch_No Feeding

55

li

Wh

en

° seotn^T ■ reverse to tie the threads at the beginning or the end

reverse unH^^r Fig. 12-B, up as far as it will go. The machine will sew

ever 10 is returned to its original position.

adjusting the tensions

-S ,• adjust th
ter.siou ■ ^ ^PPer tension with the presser foot down,

the tens' released when it is raised. To

(.-¡s Or clock^ upper thread, turn dial (Fig. 13) to

■ dumber on fi To decrease, turn to the left. The higher

^ ^^sion be The tighter the tension. Before adjusting

"*-V/ p. ^“ssarv to r*L T

-ouj., l4j Q ' . ^^snge the bobbin tension, turn small

riecBc machine is threaded properly,

side of the bobbin case clockwise to tighten,

® to loosen.

SEWING IN REVERSE

Fig. 13