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NEEDLE - THREAD - FABRIC - STITCHING GUIDE

Fabric No. Per Inch

Needle

Extremely heavy
tarpaulin, sacking. 4
canvas, duck, etc.

Heavy upholstery
fabric, ticking. 3
denim, leatherette

Medium heavy drapery
fabric, velveteen,

2

suiting, felt, terry, etc.
Medium broadcloth, percale.

gingham, linen, chintz, taffeta.

1 to

sheer wool, shantung, etc.
Sheer voile, lawn.

dimity, crepe.

0 to
handkerchief linen.
plastic film, etc.

Very sheer chiffon.
batiste, lace, organdy.

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ninon, net, marquisette, etc.

When doing embroidery work, finer
embroidery thread regardless of the

Machine
Stitches Cotton

6 10

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8

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10
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12

12
14

14

16 100

(Plastic film)

16 100
to
20

results will be obtained with machine
weight of fabric.

8 to 10

Thread

Mercerized

Thread

to Heavy Duty

30
30

to Heavy Duty

40
40

Heavy Duty

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60
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50

80

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50

150

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SETTING THE NEEDLE

See Fig. 3. Raise the needle bar A to its highest point, turn
ing wheel toward you by hand. Then loosen the needle clamp
screw B and the needle clamp C will open. Place needle (flat
side to back; in the needle clamp and push it upward as far
as it will go into the needle clamp hole, fastening the needle
clamp securely with a screw driver.

WINDING THE BOBBIN

Disengage the hand wheel (Fig. 4) from the stitching
mechanism by turning the clutch toward you or counterclock
wise. Place a spool of thread on one of the spool pins, lead
thread under the handle and through the upper thread guide

on the arm, and down through the tension disc (11, Fig. 5) at
the base of the machine. Run end of thread through a hole in
the bobbin edge and place bobbin on spindle B of winder
4, fitting the notch on bobbin over small pin on spindle. Push

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bobbin windeT pulley against hand wheel. Hold
thread end loosely and start machine slowly. Bob
bin will be released automatically when it is filled.

Break oH loose thread end used to start the winding.

Turn clutch away from you until sewing mech

anism is again engaged so that needle moves when

you turn the hand wheel.

If the bobbin winds unevenly, adjust bobbin
winding tension disc to the right or left by loosen
ing the screw. When disc is in proper position,

tighten screw.

THREADING THE BOBBIN CASE

Reier to Fi,B. 6, 7 «id 8 to youreelf »1th the ptooedute_ Hold the bobbta

— case in your left hand. Let about

two inches of thread hang free from
the bobbin, and insert bobbin into
case so that thread will be rotating

counterclockwise. Guide the thread
end through the slot on the side
of the case and under the tension
spring until it enters the small notch

on the edge of the spring.

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PLACING BOBBIN CASE IN SHUTTLE

Open hinged cover plate in front of the needle. (See

15, Fig. 1). Hold the bobbin 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 shuttle

race notch, (A). Press the bobbin case into the shuttle as far as possible until latch

catches on the center post of 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.

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HOW TO THREAD THE MACHINE

(Single Needle, Fig. 10)

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Turn hand wheel toward you to raise take-up lever

to highest position.

1. Place a spool oi thread on spool pin A,

2. lead thread through eyelet in arm thread

guide B,

3. pass the thread down and around tension discs
C from right to left

4. into check spring D

5. then tug on thread to pull it around and into

hook E Fig. 11 j
lead up to take-up lever F, threading from right

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to left,
down into thread guide G

7.
into needle bar guide H

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and through needle I from front to back.

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Pull about lour inches of thread through needle. Hold thread end and

wheel toward you. As the needle goes down and comes up again, the bobbin thread
will be drawn up m a loop see tig. ii;. y^rasp oorn

1 '11 i firaso both threads and pass under presser

foot toward back of machine.

THREADING TWIN NEEDLES

(See Fig. 3 for inserting needles)

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Follow above procedure with these exceptions:

Place thread, matching or contrasting in color, on both spool
pins. Draw threads through separate eyelets in upper arm thread
guide (B). Pass threads from right to left through front and

back tension discs and into check spring (D , then into hook

(Ej. Now treat both threads as one until you reach the needle
eyes. Pass thread from the spool on the left through left needle
and the thread from the right spool through the right needle.

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STRAIGHT STITCHING

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For straight sewing on fine fabric or very soft material,
it is advisable to use the straight stitch presser foot and
the straight stitch needle plate which are included in
your accesory box. Both have narrow needle slots.

Changing the Foot and Plate.

To change presser

foot (16, Fig. 1) loosen thumb screw 17 and remove
zigzag foot. Replace with hinged straight foot and

Fig. 12 tighten screw securely.

To change needle plate (14, Fig. 1) remove screw and lift off with cover plate 15

attached. Hold needle plate with left hand and cover plate with the right. (Fig. 12)

Press upper corner of cover plate (right side up) down slightly and slip pin from

groove in needle plate. Avoid using too much pressure. When the pin is released the
two plates will separate.

Attach cover plate to straight stitch plate by reversing the above procedure.

Slip pin on lower side of cover plate into groove on needle plate. Insert tongue
into square opening and slide upper pin into position. Put plates on machine and
fasten securely with needle plate screw.

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Be sure to set the stitch width at O,

needle will break in striking the foot or plate.
Push the zigzag lever 17, Fig. 13) all the way to the
left so that pointer is over 0 in stitch width window.

Set both locks, 6, as far to the left as possible.

To move locks, pull knobs slightly and slide, then

release.

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SETTING THE STITCH LENGTH

The length of the stitch is regulated by the dial A shown

in Fig. 14. Near 0 is the shortest stitch and 6 is the longest.

Turn the dial to the left to lengthen and to the right to shorten

the stitch.

STITCH LENGTH CHART (Approximate)

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Figures on dial
Number of

stitches per inch

2 3

0

No feeding 36 20

1

12 9

13

4 5

6

7 5

SEWING IN REVERSE

When you wish to sew backward to tie the threads at the begin
ning or end of a seam, press in the reverse button B, Fig. 14, as far
as it will go. The machine will sew backward as long as the
button is held in.

Fig. 15

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. 15 to the right,
or clockwise. To decrease, turn to the 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. 16 on side of the
bobbin case clockwise to tighten, counterclockwise to loosen.

ADJUSTING THE TENSIONS

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