SINGER W1466 User Manual
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You are now tte owner of a new zigzag sewing maciiine, the most
versatile machine of its type you can possess. Buttonholes, monogramming,
darning, overcasting and creative embroidery are done with ease and speed.
To aid you in obtaining the greatest performance from your machine
this book on its care and use has been written for you. Read the instruc
tions carefully as a thorough understanding will reward you with many
hours of trouble-free creative sewing.
Time-saving attachments such as rufflers, binders, edgestitchers
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INDEX
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Features and parts
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Needle and thread chart................................. 5
Setting the needle
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Winding the bobbin.................................... 6-7
Threading bobbin case
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Placing bobbin case in shuttle ....................8
Upper threading
Straght stitching
Changing foot and plate
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8-9
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Setting the stitch length .............................. 11
Stitch length chart
Sewing in reverse
Adjusting the tensions
Adjusting pressure and feed
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11-12
12-13
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General sewing......................................... 13
1 ight weight fabrics..................................13
Preparing to sew
Removing the work
Creative embroidery
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Satin stitch.................................................15
Adjusting stitch width
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Embroidery Patterns .................................15
Samples of embroidery
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Embroidering with a hoop
Making buttonholes....................................................17
Sewing on buttons
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How to use accessories ...............................................20
Narrow hemmer ....................................................20
Lace trimmed hem ................................................20
Lace edge ...............................................................20
Seam gauge ............................................................20
Care and maintenance ..............................................21
Oiling .....................................................................22
Cleaning and oiling shuttle
Trouble chart
Accessories
Attachments ...............................................................29
Attachment foot ....................................................30
Edgestitcher ..................................................30
Binder ....................................................................
Ruffer
Cord and zipper foot.............................................33
Hemmers
Darning spring ..............................................34
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FEATURES AND PARTS
(Front view)
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1. Take-up lever
2. Presser release-darner
3. Arm thread guide
4. Hand wheel
5. Bobbin winder
6. Stitch length dial
7. Push button reverse
8. Bobbin winding tension
9. Drop feed knob
10. Width lock
11. Zigzag width control knob
12. Buttonhole control knob
13. Needle plate
14. Cover plate
15. Presser foot
16. Presser foot thumb screw
17. Needle clamp
18. Thread guides
19. Tension
20. Light switch
21. Thread guide bar
^2. Needle bar thread guide
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
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
_CR3ji_^ide^^^^to^^^^r^ght^ 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.
WINDING THE BOBBIN
Disengage the hand wheel (5, (Fig. 4) from the stitching
mechanism hy turning the clutch 6 toward you or counterclock
wise.
Place a spool of thread on one of the spool pins, lead thread
through the upper thread guides on the arm, and down through
the tension disc (10, (Fig. 5) at the base of the machine. Run
end of thread through a hole in the bobbin edge and place
bobbin B on spindle of bobbin winder 7, fitting the notch on
■bobbin over small pin on spindle. Push bobbin winder pulley
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 start the winding.
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THREADING THE BOBBIN CASE
Step 1 (illustrated in Fig. 6). Hold
bobbin case between thumb and fore
finger 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 bob
bin 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
PLACING BOBBIN CASE IN SHUTTLE
Raise needle bar to highest position, and Slide
coyer plate to the left. See 14. Fig. 1 Hold the
boobin 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), is
opposite the shuttle race notch (A). Press the
bobbin case (B) into the shuttle as far as
possible until latch catche son the center post of
the shuttle. THEN release the bobbin case latch,
(D) . Press bobbin case again after latch has
been released to make sure the bobbin case is
locked securely in place. Close the cover plate.
UPPER THREADING
1. Turn the balance wheel toward you to raise the
take-up lever to its highest position.
2. Place a spool of thread on the spool pin.
3. Lead the thread through the upper arm thread
guides.
4. Run the thread through the thread guide bar to
the tension discs, then around and between
them from right to left.
5. Draw the thread up through the check spring
and with a slight tug into the hook. (See
Fig. 11
insert, Fig. 10)
6. Pass the thread under the bar and up through the eye of the take-up lever from right to
left.
7. Lead thread down through the face plate guides and then through the needle bar guide
from the back.
8. Thread needle FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, drawing it through about 3 or 4 inches. 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 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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STRAIGHT STITCHING
For straight sewing on fine fabric or very soft mate
rial, you may want to.use the straight stitch presser foot
and the straight stitch needle plate which are included
in your accessory box. Both have narrow needle slots.
Q.h,anqinq the Foot and Plate. To change presser
foot. (15, Fig. 1) loosen thumb screw 16 and remove
zigzag foot. Replace with hinged narrow foot and
tighten screw securely.
To change needle plate (13, Fig. 1) remove screws
and lift off with cover plate 14 attached. Turn assembly
wrong side up. Hold needle plate with right hand and
cover plate with left. (-‘ig. 12)
Press corner of cover plate down slightly and pull
needle plate upward, slipping upper pin on needle plate
out of groove. Then slid lower pin out.
Attach cover plate to straight stitch plate by revers
ing the above procedure. Slip pin on lower side of
needle plate into grove on cover plate. Slide upper pin
under lip and into groove on cover plate. Put plates on
machine and fasten securely with needle plate screws.
Be sure the machine controls are set as follows or you '
will break the needle.
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(1) Buttonhole control knob A, set at 0 ^
(2) Zigzag Stitch Width control knob “B”, set at 0
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