SINGER W165 User Manual

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INDEX

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Features and Parts ........................................... 2-3-4

Needle and Thread Chart

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Setting the Needle................................................ 6

Winding the Bobbin ................................................ 6

Threading Bobbin Case

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Placing Bolobin Case in Shuttle 8

Upper Threading

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Straight Stitching ................................................... 10

Changing Foot and Plate................................ 10

Setting the Stitch Length

Stitch Length Chart Sewing in Reverse Adjusting the Tensions

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Adjusting Pressure and Feed.................................. 12

General Sewing

Light Weight Fabrics’

Darning and Monogramming

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Preparing to Sew................................................... 13

Removing the Work Creative Embroidery

Satin Stitch Adjusting Stitch Width Embroidery Patterns

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

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15 15 15

Automatic Embroidery .......................................... 16

Blind Hems ................................-

Embroidery With a Hoop

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

Making Buttonholes Sewing on Buttons

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How to Use Accessories ...............................21-22-23

Narrow Hemmer .......................................... 21

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

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

French Seam.................................................... 22

Flat Felled Seam Hand Rolled EffectQuilting Guide Seam Gauge

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Care and Maintenance ........................................... 23

Oiling

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Cleaning and Oiling Shuttle................................... 25

Accessories .............................................................. 26

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

Attachments ................................ 31-32-33-34-35-36

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

Edgestitcher .................................................... 32

Huffier ............................................................. 35

Binder .............................................................. 33

Hemmers.......................................................... 34

Darning Spring Cording & Zipper Foot’

Sewing on Zipper

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FEATURES AND PARTS

(Front View)

1. Spool Pins

2. Stitch Width Lever 1

3. Zigzag Stop Knobs

4. Hand Wheel

5. Wheel Clutch

6. Bobbin Winder

7. Stitch Length Dial

8. Reverse Push Button

9. Bobbin Winding Tension

10. Drop Feed Knob

11. Cover Plate

12. Needle Plate-Seam Guide

13. Presser Foot

14. Needle Clamp and Screw

15. Attachment and Foot Thumb Screw

16. Needle Bar Thread Guide

17. Thread Guides S f

18. Tension Regulator

19. Light Switch

20. Take-up Lever "7 S'

21. Pressure Release-Darner

22..Arm Thread Guide

23. Cam Cover Chamber

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NEEDLE -THREAD

- FABRIC - STITCHING

GUIDE

Machine

Needle Stitches

Fabric Extremely heavy

tarpaulin, sacking, 4 canvas, duck, etc.

Heavy upholstery fabric, ticking, denim, leatherette 10

Medium heavy drapery fabric, velveteen. 2 to 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. 20

No. Per Inch Thread

3 to

10 12

14 14

16 100

(Plastic film)

8 to 10

00 to

Cotton

6 10

8 30

40 40

80 80

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150

Mercerized

Thread Nylon

Heavy Duty

Silk

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FEATURES AND PARTS

(Back View)

24. Thread Cutter

25. Presser Bar Lifter

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26. Feed

27. Motor

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Fig. 3

mechanism by turning the clutch 5 toward you or counterclock-

Place a spool

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 (Hat side to right) in the needle clamp qrqoveD and push it upward as tar as it will go into the SIDE needle clamp hole, tightening the needle clamp screw sectirely with a screw driver.

After changing neadle make on© complete revolution

of balance wheel by hand to be sure the needis is in the

correct position.

HOW TO WIND THE BOBBIN

Disengage the hand wheel (4, Fig. 4) from the stitching

of thread on one of the spool pins, lead

' thread through the upper thread guides

on the arm, eind down through the

tension disc (B, Fig. 5) at the base of the machine. Run end of thread through a hole in the bobbin edge and place 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 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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Fig. 5

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THREADING THE

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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 spHng as shown in Fig. 8.

Fig. 6

Fig. 7

PLACING BOBBIN CASE IN SHUTTLE

Open, hinged cover plate left of the needle.

(See 11, Fig. 1) Hold the bobbin case latch, (D), Fig. 9, between the thumb and forefing'er 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

0 the bobbin case

^ finger, (E), is will

enter 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

^^9’ 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.

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UPPER THREADING

(Fig. 10)

1) Place spool of thread on upper spool pin,

2) lead thread through arm thread guide A

3) down and around tension discs B from right to left

4) into the check spring C over threaded discs

5) then pull thread under bar D (See insert. Fig.

10)

6) up into take-up lever E from right to left

7) down into thread guide F on face plate

8) through the needle bar thread guide G

9) and into needle from left to right. Pull three or four inches of

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 lower 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.

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 (13, Fig. 1} loosen thumb screw (15, Fig. 1) and

remove zigzag foot. Replace with hinged narrow foot and tighten screw securely.

To change needle plate (12, Fig. i) remove it with cover plate from machine. Turn assembly wrong side up. Hold needle plate in left hand and cover plate in

right. (Fig. 12-A)

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

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2 3

Fig, 12-B

SETTING THE STITCH LENGTH

The leagh ol the stitch is regulated by knob 7 shown in Fig. I2-B. Near 0 is the shortest length and 5 is the longest. Turn the knob to the left to lengthen and to the right to shorten the stitch.

STITCH LENGTH CHART (Approximate;

Figures on indicator Number of stitches per inch

No Feeding 55

1 2

4 5

SEWING IN REVERSE

When you, wish to sew in reverse to tie the thread at the beginning cr the end of a

seam, press in the reverse button 8 Fig. 12-B as far eis it will go. The machine will sew backward as long as the button is held in. Only 4 or 5 stitches are needed to tie a seam securely,

ADJUSTING THE TENSIONS

Always adjust the upper tension with the presser foot down, as the tension is automatically released when it is raised. To increase the tension on the upper thread, turn dial (Fig. 13) to

the right, or clockwise. To decrease, turn to thé left. The higher the number on the dial the tighter the tension. Before adjusting lower tension be sure that the machine is threaded properly.

When necessary to change the bobbin tension, turn small screw (Fig. 14) on side of the bobbin case clockwise to tighten, counterclockwise to loosen.

Fig. 13

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