SINGER W173 User Manual
INDEX
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Features and Parts
Needle and Thread Chart ®
Winding the Bobbin
Upper Threading ........................................................................... ®'®
Setting the Needle ............................................................................
Threading the Bobbin Case
Placing Bobbin Case in Shuttle
Setting Stitch Length
stitch Length Chart
Sewing in Reverse
Adjusting the Tensions 14-15
Adjusting Pressure and Feed 15
General Sewing..................................................................................
Light Weight Fabrics 1®
Darning and Mending
Removing the Work ....................................................................16-17
Care and Maintenance 17-18
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Changing the Belt 1®‘1®
Cleaning and Oiling Shuttle 20-21
Accessories........................................................................................
Trouble Chart
Attachments ......................................................................................
Attachment Foot ...............................................................................
Edgestitcher ......................................................................................
Binder..................................................................................................
Ruffier .................................................................................................
Cord and Zipper Foot
Hemmer
Darning Spring ..................................................................................
Buttonholer.........................................................................................
Button Sew-On ..................................................................................
Decorators .........................................................................................
Blind Stitch Hemmer.........................................................................
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FEATURES AND PARTS (Front View)
0 Spool Pins
(D Hand Wheel
(3) Wheel Clutch
0 Bobbin Winder
® Stitch Length Dial
(D Motor Cover Plate
0 Bobbin Winding Tension
(D Push Button Reverse
(f) Drop Feed Knob
@ Bed
@ Needle Plate—Seam Guide
@ Cover Plate
@ Presser Foot
g) Attachment and Foot Thumb Screw
@ Needle Clamp and Screw
g) Needle Bar Thread Guide
It) Face Plate Thread Guide
g) Tension Regulator
g) Sew Lite Switch
g Take-up Lever
|i) Face Plate
@ Pressure Release-Darner
H Arm Thread Guides
FEATURES AND PARTS (Back view)
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Thread Cutter
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Head Hinge Mounting Holes
NEEDL.E-THREAD-FABRIC-STITCHING GUIDE
Fabric
Extremely heavy tarpaulin,
sacking, canvas, duck, etc.
Heavy upholstery fabric,
ticking, denim, leatherette
Medium heavy drapery
fabric, veleveteen, 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
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Machine
Stitches
Per Inch
6 to 8
8 to 10
10 to 12
12 to 14
14 to 16
(Plastic film)
8 to 10
16 to 20
Cotton
Thread
10 to 30 Heavy Duty
30 to 40
40 to 60
60 to 80
80 to 100
100 to 150
Mercerized
Thread
Heavy Duty
Heavy Duty
50
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Silk or
Nylon
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Fig. 4
WINDING THE BOBBIN
Disengage the hand wheel (2, Fig. 4) from the
stitching mechanism by turning clutch (3, Fig. 4)
toward you or counter-clockwise.
Place a spool of thread on one ‘of the spool pins.
Lead thread through arm thread guides, (A, Fig. 3)
and down between tension disc, 7, at the base of
the machine.
Put end of thread through a hole in bobbin flange
(Fig. 5) from inside to outside and place bobbin,
(B, Fig. 3) on spindle of bobbin winder (4, Fig. 3)
fitting the notch in bobbin^over small pin on spindle.
Push bobbin windey pulley against hand wheel. Hold
thread end loosely and start machine slowly. Bobbin
will be released when filled.
Hold the hand wheel and turn clutch away from you
until sewing mechanism is engaged so that the
needle moves up and down when you turn the hand
wheel.
Break off loose thread end used to start the wind
ing.
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1 . Place spool of thread on left hand spool pin.
2. Lead thread through upper thread guides (A),
3. down and around tension discs (B) from right
to left,
4. into check spring (C),
5. continue to pull on thread until it hooks over
hook (D),
6. up into take up (E) from right to left,
7. down into thread guide (F),
8. through the needle bar thread guide (Q) ; and,
9. into needle from left to right. Pull three or
four inches of thread through needle.
Hold the end of upper thread loosely and turn
wheel toward you until the needle goes all the way
down and comes back up. A loop (Fig. 7) will be
formed over the upper thread which then can be
pulled out straight. Place both thread ends under
the presser foot and draw toward the back of the
machine, leaving both threads three or four inches
long.
Fig. 7
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SETTING THE NEEDLE
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see Fig. S. Raise the „ B, needle can be removed or replaced
by hand. Then loosen „T) In needle clamp push It upward as far as ,t
When replacing needle ,n, needle clamp screw (B) securely a screw
Will go into needle clamp hole, tightening
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