SINGER W1366 User Manual

Domestic

SEWING MACHINES

SINCE 1868

INDEX

Accessories

How to Use Hemmers

Seam Gauge or Cloth Guide 25

Quilting Guide

Attachments

Adjustable Cord and Zipper Foot 40 Attachment Foot Binder

Edgestitcher Hemmers Rüffler

Blind Hem Bobbin

Placing in Shuttle Threading Winding

Buttonholes

Bound

Buttons Sew-On

Charts

Needle-Thread-Fabric-Stitching 4

Stitch Length Trouble

Pages

23 23 24

25 34

34 36 34 37

41-42

19-20

29-30-31

Pages

Darning and Mending Embroidery

Creative Hoop

Features and Parts (Front View)

(Back View)

Installation - Head in Cabinet

Head in Portable case

Maintenance and Care

Cleaning and Oiling the Shuttle 27

Needle Setting Pressure and Feeding of Fabric

Reverse Sewing Sewing Preparation Sewing Tips

Straight Stitching Tension Adjustment Threading-Upper

Thin and Light weight Fabrics

17 18

3 49 48 26

43 13

1. Thread Take-up Lever

2. Pressure Release (Darning)

3. Arm Thread Guides

4. Needle Position Lever

5. Buttonhole Control Knob

6. Zigzag Width Control Knob

7. Zigzag Stitch Width Stop

8. Bobbin Winder Cover Door

9. Hand Wheel

10. Clutch

11. Cover Release Button

12. Stitch Length Control

13. Push Button Reverse

14. Bobbin Winding Tension

15. Drop Feed Buttons

16. Needle Plate

17. Cover Plate

18. Presser Foot

19. Presser Foot Thumb Screw

20. Needle Clamp

21. Tension

22. Pattern Selector Control 1 to 15

23. Thread Bar and Face Latch

24. Sew Lite Switch

FEATURES AND PARTS

(Back View)

Fig. 2

25. Presser Bar Lifter

26. Thread Cutter

27. Feed

28. Head Hinge Mounting Holes

29. Spool Pins

30. Handle

NEEDLE - THREAD - FABRIC - STITCHING GUIDE

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, tafieta, sheer

wool, shantung, etc. Sheer voile, lawn,

dimity, crepe,

handkerchief linen, plastic film. etc.

Very sheer chiffon, batiste, lace, organdy, ninon, net, marquisett etc.

Needle

Machine Stitches Per Inch

14 80

to to 16 100

(Plastic film)

8 to 10

Cotton Thread

100

150

Mercerized

Thread

Fig. 3

Fig. 4

WINDING THE BOBBIN

Disengage hand wheel (5, Fig. 3), from the stitching mechanism by turning clutch (6, Fig. 3)

toward you or counter clockwise. , n ^ ■ a

guide on arm and down through tension disc (9, Fig. 5j at base of machine. Run end^ of thread

Slide latch 4 to the right (Fig. 4) to spring open cover (3, Fig. 4) of the recessed wmder.

Place a spool of thread on one of the spool pins. Lead thread through the upper thread

through a hole in bobbin edge (left flange and from inside out) and place bobbin on spindle of bobbin winder (7,Fig.4J fitting the notch bobbin over small pin on spin dle. Push bobbin winder against hand wheel. Hold thread end loosely and start machine slowly.

Bobbin will stop winding when it is filled. Turn clutch away from you until sewing mechanism is again engaged so that needle moves when you turn the hand

wheel.

Break off loose thread end used to

Fig. 5

start the winding and thread bobbin as stated on Page 6.

SETTING THE NEEDLE

See Fig. 6. 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 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 the needle make one com

plete revolution of the balance wheel by

hand to be sure the needle is in the correct position.

Fig. 6

Flat surface of needle shank

Fig. 7

THREADING THE BOBBIN CASE

Step 1 iillustrated in Fig. 8). 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 bobbin case as shown in Fig. 9, and draw it under tension spring and into the fork-shaped opening of the spring

as shown in Fig. 10

SLOr

TENSION SmiNG

Fig. 9

PLACING BOBBIN CASE IN SHUTTLE

Rg^ll) beWn the thumb and iorefingi”o“he feft hand

o.se on .he stud oMhethettle “0/, “"f

iu " - ‘ho shuttle recfnetch (A)"

release the bobbin case latch (Drlel ‘b\?““" .ftsr latch has been rele.s‘^"tfl

is locked securely .n place. Close the cove plate

Fig. 10

UPPER THREADING

Turn the balance wheel toward you to raise the take-up lever to its highest P°sihon.

Place a spool of thread on the ^

Lead the thread through the upper arm thread

3. PmnThe thread through the thread gu^e bar

4. to the tension discs, then around and be

tween them from right to left. Draw the thread up through the check sprmg

5. and with a slight tug into the hook. (bee

S aS &re\d under the bar and up through S eye of the take-up lever from right to

TO RIGHT,

A looo pfa 13) will be formed oyer the

Loer thread which then can be pulled out

straight. Place both thread ends under he slot of the presser foot and

back of the machine, leaving both threads

three or four inches long.

Fig 12

Fig. 13

SETTING THE STITCH LENGTH

s.Kcitis'S .he'^Lni? ¿t./The'S ° “ •»'

variety of lengths Tut. the ¿a’ 1 "f? between the markings for a

The number stitch length you choose is'indicated brthe pomtl ® ^ ‘

STITCH LENGTH CHART (APPROXIMATE)

Figures on indicator Number of stitches per inch

No Feeding

SEWING IN REVERSE

m .hTT„hrR”hV°inTeAT« “O’"

button IS held ik. ' ^ machine will sew backward as long as the

adjusting the tensions

Always adjust the upper tension with the presser foot down^

as the tension is released when it is raised. To increase tension on the upper thread tu

+V, unoer thread turn dial (Fig. 15) to the righ , or

rlorkwise- to decrease, turn to the left. Ihe higher i clockwise, ■ Re.fnrp adiusting lower tension

on the dial the tighter the tension. Before adjusting

the machine is threaded properly.

Xn U t re-sarv .o change .he bobb.n tens.on, .urn

the small screw (F.g. 17) on s.de oi the bobb.n case clockw.s

tighten, counterclockwise to loosen. -

Fig. 15

Fig. 16A Fig. 16B

When the upper and under tensions are pawpern/

balanced, a perfect st.tch w.U be formed w.th both threads interlocking in fabric (Fig. 16-A,i.

When the upper tension is too tight, the lower

thread is pulled up over the upper thread which is lying flat on the fabric (Fig. 16-B).

When the upper tension is too loose, the upper

thread forms loops over the lower thread lying flat

on the fabric (Fig. 16-C).

Fig. 16C

ADJUSTING PRESSURE AND FEEDING OF FABRIC

GENERAL SEWING. Usually for straight sewing and various embroidery work, the pressure bar cap or darning release (Fig. 19) is at its lowest position and the feed at its highest level with the drop feed button marked UP pressed all the way down (Fig. 18).

SEWING THIN OR LIGHT WEIGHT FABRICS

When lighter pressure is required to sew satisfactorily on thin silk or flimsy material, the pressure cap should be about halfway down. Release all the way by pressing the snap lock (A, Fig.

20) and then press cap B down again to half-way spot. Lower the feed slightly by pressing the DOWN button (Fig. 18) to the

xed line.

Flcf. 18

DARNING AND MENDING

In order to move the fabric freely in any direction for darning and mending, release the pressure cap B completely by pressing down on the snap lock (A, Fig. 20). Press

DOWN button (Fig. 18) all the way down,

which drops the feed well below the needle

Fig. 19

plate. To return feed to normal, press the

UP button all the way down.

Fig. 20

PREPARING TO SEW

Have take-up lever at highest point before starting to sew. Do not try to help the feeding

by pulling the material as this may deflect the needle and cause it to break.

NEVER run machine without material under presser foot. Place material and threads in position under the presser foot and lower the presser foot. You

are now ready to begin sewing. By having the needle at its highest point, it is not necessary

to touch the hand v/heel to start the machine. You merely press the control. The speed of the

machine is regulated by increasing or decreasing the amount of pressure exerted on the control.

REMOVING THE WORK

Be sure to stop the machine when the thread take-up lever and needle bar are at the highest position.

Now raise the presser foot and draw the fabric back and to the left, Fig. 21 A and B, and pass the threads over the thread cutter.

Puli down slightly, holding

thread in both hands, so as not to bend the needle.

Fig. 21A

Leave the ends of thread un

der the presser foot.

Fig. 21B

STRAIGHT STITCHING

For straight sewing on fine fabric or very soft ma terial, 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 Presser Foot and Needle Plate :

(1) Presser Foot

(A) Loosen thumb screw (19, Fig. 1) and

remove zigzag presser foot.

(B) Replace with straight stitch presser foot.

Fig. 22A.

(2) Needle Plate 22-A

(A) Slide cover plate (17, Fig. 1) to the left as

far as possible.

(B) Remove screws holding needle plate (16,

Fig. 1) to bed plate.

22B.

Be sure the machine controls are set as follows or you

will break the needle.

(1) Buttonhole control knob A, set at 0 (2) Zigzag Stitch Width control knob "B", set at 0 (3) Decorative Stitch Design Dial at Manual (EXTREME LEFT)

Fig. 22-B

Fig. 23

produced. To select a pattern,

(11 Set Zigzag Dial B at 5 (Fig. 23) .-i. u (2) Turn Pattern selector control 22 to place inaicaioi

(3) Release Zigzag dial B and set at 0 (4) Set buttonhole control knob at 0 (Fig-23)

I Sel Sitrienpth contiol as close to 0 as possible

will be longer but not quite so compact. , ^ ^

(7) Select needle position by moving Needle Position Lever o

¿ggjyejj position (L or C or R) (Fig-231)

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DECORATIVE EMBROIDERY SEWING

Anv one of the stitch designs illustrated on the Decorative Stitch Dial (31 Fig.

24) Crbe tide easily. The p.ttein loe.ted in the bl.ch .«a ts the one

7iazaa width control knob at 0 CFiQ"23)

feeding for a very compact design. By increasing the feed the desig

A N

A L

H i

Decorative stitch dial plate 31

Pattern selector control Knob

Fig. 24

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A N

U A L

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Fig. 26 PATTERN DESIGNS

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