SINGER W166 User Manual

You are now the owner of a new zigzag sewing machine, the most versatile type of its kind

you can possess. thU i“*' by "*¡”6 design discs provided will.

Buttonholes, monogramming, overcasting and creative embroidery are done with ease and speed

and pobtemmg the greatest performance from your new machine this book on its care

and use has been written for you.

with many hours of trouble-free, creative sewing. comrinrt'T "'“bments such as ruftlers, binders, edges,itchers, cording feet and soforth to

complement the accessories furnished w.th your machine .are available from the store where you

purchased your machine.

^ thorough understanding of your machine will reward you

WHITE CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, INC.

CLEVELAND 11, OHIO

WHITE CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, LTD.

Toronto 16, Ontario, Canada

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Features and Parts

Needle and Thread Chart Setting the Needle Winding the Bobbin

Threading Bobbin Case

Plocing Bobbin Case in Shuttle

Upper Threadina

Stroight Stitching ..........................

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

Setting the Stitch Length ..................

Stitch Length Chart

Sewing in Reverse

Adjusting the Tensions Adjusting Pressure and Fee,4

General Sewina ...................

Light Weight Fabrics

Doming and Monogramming

Weparing to Sew Removing the Work

k-reafive Embroidery ..................

Satin Stitch

¿igzog Sewing Automatic Zigzag Sewing

Automatic zigzag Patterns

Blind Hems Embroidery With a Hood

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Darning

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Making Bufionholes Sewing on Buftons

How fo Use Accessories

Narrow Hemmer .......................................... ^2-23-24

Lace Trimmed Hem ............................................ ^2

Lace Edge .............................

French Seam

Flaf Felled Seam ............................................... 2^

Hand Rolled Effect

Quilting Guide .................................................. 23

Seam Gauge ............................... ...................... 23

Care and Maintenance

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

Cleaning and Oiling Shuttle

Accessories

Trouble Charts

Attachments ................................................ 28-29-30

Attachment Foot Edgestitcher

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

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

Darning Spring .................................................. 35

Ruffler

Cording & Zipper Foot

Sewing on Zipper

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FEATURES AND PARTS

(Front View)

1 Button hole rantrol knob.tTn/^ #<>yf /

- Zig-zag width control knob.

3 Lock knob for Zig-zag width. y'

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4 Hand wheel. nd&o 5 Wheel clutch.

6 Bobbin winder. 7

7 Stitch length dial. j *y^ ^ ^

^ push button. / “J^ 9 Bobbin winding tension.

19 Drop feed knob /73C, / 11 Cover plate.

1-i Needle plate-Seam guide.

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13 Presser foot.

14 Needle clamp and screw.

15 Attachment and foot thumb screw.

Ifi Needle thread guide.

17 Thread guide. TJl'JS'

18 Tension regulator.

19 Light switch.

20 Thread take up lever.

21 Pressure release darner. 22 Arm thread guide.

“9 Pattern selecting dial. ^

24 Zigzag-width window.

FEATURES AND PARTS

(Back View)

25 Spool pins.-7^(1^ 26 Thread cutter.

27 Feed 28 Belt

29 Presser l)ar lifter. 30 Motor.

NEEDLE - THREAD - FABRIC - STITCHING GUIDE

FabricExtremely heavy

tari)aulin, sacking,

canvas, duck, etc. Heavy uiiliolstery

fabric, ticking, denim, leatherette

Medium heavy drapery labric, velveteen, suiting, felt, terry, etc.

Medium broadcloth. percale, gingham, linen,

chintz, taffeta, sheer wool, shantung, etc.

Sheer voile, lawn, dimity, crepe, liandkerchief linen,

plastic film, etc.

Very sheer chiffon,

batiste, lace, organdy,

ninon, net, marquisette, etc.

Needle No.

Machine Stitches Per Inch

8 to to 10

to 12

12 to

14 to 16

(Plastic film)

8 to 10

16 to 20

Cotton

Thread

10 to 30

40 to 60

60 to 80

80 to

100

100 to

150

Mercerized

Thread

Heavy Duty

Silk

Nylon

SETTING THE NEEDLE

See Pig. Raise tfie needle bar A tn n i - i

point, turning wheel toward you by ha„d

i len loosen the needle clamp screw' B and thp

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HOW TO WIND THE BOBBIN

Disengage the hand wheel 4 (Fin 4^ from ,■ i •

l>y turning the clutch 5 toward you'or coumeridcwlse.'"^ tnechanism

pins, lead thread through the upper thread

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machine^ Run end of thread through a hole sniniie C on

on bobbin over small pin on spindle Push

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SIDE

Turi'clm when it is filled

Break off loose thread end used to strriTlie winding.

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THREADING THE

BOBBIN CASE

Step 1 (illustrated in Fig. 6).

Hold bobbin case between thumb and forefinger of left hand, so that the slot ill the edge of the bobbin case is on top.

Гаке the bobbin between tliumb

and forefinger of right hand so that the

thread on top leads from left to right.

Step 2. In.sert bobbin into bobbin case, pull the thread into the slot of the bobbin case as shown in Fig. 7, and draw

It under tlie tension spring and into the

fork-shaped opening of the spring as shown in Fig. 8.

SLOT

Fig. 6 (

Fig. 7

PLACING BOBBIN CASE IN SHUTTLE

Open hinged cover ¡jlate left of the needle

(See 11, Fig. 1) Flold the bobbin case latch, (D)

F.g. between the thumb and forefinger of thi left

and, with at least three inches of thread running from le op of the bobbin case to the right. Insert and center

he 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

(B) into the shuttle

as far as possible until latch catclies on the center post of the

9 shuttle.

THEN release the bobbin case latch, (D) Press bofibin case again after latch has b^en released to make sure the bobbin case is locked securely i„ place,

Close the cover plate.

Fig. 10

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, P'ig. 10)

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

7) down into thread guide P' on face plate

8) tlirough the needle bar thread guide G

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

Mold 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 he formed over the lower thread whicli 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.

Fig. 11

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 included in your accessory

box. Botli have narrow needle slots.

■gffANGlNG THE FOOT AND PLATE. To change

presser foot (13, Fig. 1) loosen thumbscrew (15, Fig. 1) and

remove zigzag foot.

Replace with hinged narrow foot and tighten screw securely.

To change Neelde plate (12, Fig. 1) remove it after you pull out slide plate to the left (Fig. 12 A) and then you can change needle plate to straight stitch plate.

—^ stitch width at 0 or the needle will

break in striking the foot or plate.

Fig. 11’A

I'ig. 11 H

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