SINGER W311 User Manual

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You are now the owner of a precision engineered Sewing

Machine. Give your machine proper care and it will provide

many years of trouble free service.

CONTENTS

Description of machine.................................................................... 2

Operating balance wheel and stop, motion

Winding the bobbin ......................................................................... 4

Adjusting to wind on the bobbin ........................................

Setting the needle ............................................................................ 5

Opening or closing the hinge plate

Removing the bobbin case .............................................................. g

Setting the bobbin case

Threading the bobbin case .............................................................. 7

Threading the needle........................................................................ 8

Preparing for sewing................................................................ 9

Removing the material Adjusting the upper thread tension Adjusting under thread tension

Thread tension.................................................................................11

Adjusting the drop feed...................................................................12

Regulating pressure on material

Regulating the length of stitch ...................................................... 13

Sewing in reverse ...........................................................................13

Regulating width of zigzag stitch ..................................................14

Regulating length of zigzag stitch .................................................14

Straight stitching.............................................................................15

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Creative embroidery ........................................................................

Samples of creative embroidery

Sewlight.......................................................................................... |g

Embroidering with a hoop ...............................................................

Darn or monogram without hoop

Accessories ......................................................................................

Making buttonholes..........................................................................

Blind stitch ......................................................................................20

Stretch stitch sewing

Bution sewing .................................................................................22

Narrow hemming............................................................................£3

Hemming and inserting lace in one operation ...........................£4

Cloth guide ......................................................................................24

Quilting guide.................................................................................25

Zipper foot

Cleaning the shuttle mechanism .....................................................26

Oiling the machine...........................................................................

Hints on smooth sewing ..................................................................28

Needle and thread sizes For portable installation

Installing sewing head in cabinet .............................................'•■•33

Adjust the motor belt .......................................................................34

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1 Pressure regulator

2 Thread take up lever

3 Upper thread guide 4 Zigzag window 5 Top cover 6 Spool pin 7 Zigzag lock 8 Zigzag lever 9 Bobbin winder release

10 Balance wheel

11 Bobbin winder lever

12 Rubber ring 13 Stitch length regulator 14 Stitch length dial 15 Reverse feed push button 16 Bobbin winder

17 Drop feed regulator 18 Bed-plate

tension bracket

(push button type)

19 Needle plate 20 Hinged plate 21 Presser foot 22 Needle 23 Needle bar thread guide 24 Thread cutter 25 Face plate 26 Needle clamp screw 27 Upper thread tension regulator 28 Arm thread guide

29 Stretch lever

OPERATING BALANCE WHEEL AND STOP MOTION

Hold the balance wheel (A) firmly with your left hand and turn the stop motion knob (B) toward you, thus permitting the balance wheel to run freely, so that the bobbin can be wound without operating the stitching mechanism.

To lock balance wheel, turn the stop motion knob away from

you.

WINDING THE BOBBIN

Place the spool of thread on the spool pin (6) and dra

out about 12" of thread through tension bracket. Wii thread on to the bobbin seven or eight times toward you. Thi set the bobbin on the spindle (A) of the bobbin winder. Shou the bobbin wind unevenly, slide tension bracket to left or rig as required.

To set the bobbin, put the bobbin on the spindle (A)

shown, pushing up the stop latch (B).

After setting the bobbin, push the lever (C) down and t rubber ring will touch the balance wheel. Then turn the balan wheel toward you and run the machine slowly to wind the be

bin evenly.

When the bobbin is full, it will automatically come to a stf

Cut the thread and remove the bobbin and retighten balar

wheel for sewing.

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In order to sew and wind bobbin simultaneously, do i

loosen the balance wheel.

Correct winding Incorrect winding

ADJUSTING TO WIND ON THE BOBBIN

In order to ensure smooth rotation of the bobbin within its case, make sure that the thread is wound evenly on the bobbin, otherwise it may cause thread to break, irregular tension, or fail to produce neat stitches.

SETTING THE NEEDLE

Turn the balance wheel toward you until the needle bar rea ches its highest position.

Loosen the needle clamp screw.

Insert the needle with the flat side toward the balance wheel and push the needle 'up into the needle clamp until it hits the stop.

Tighten the needle clamp securely.

OPENING OR CLOSING THE HINGE PLATE

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Our new type hinge plate supersedes the slide plate. To open, place finger in recess and lift.

REMOVING THE BOBBIN CASE

Turn the balance wheel toward you until the needle bar

at its highest position.

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Lift the hinged plate and insert thumb and forefinger of le

hand.

Open the latch of the bobbin case as shown and take out th

bobbin case by holding the latch.

Inportant—The shuttle hook and bobbin case can be knocke

out of position if you use a bent needle, or try to take oi the bobbin case when the needle bar is lowered.

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SETTING THE BOBBIN CASE

Turn the balance wheel toward you until the needle bar is at

its highest position.

Hold the latch of the threaded bobbin case between the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, replace the bobbin case. Make sure that the bobbin case position finger is fixed in the notch at the top of the shuttle race. Then release the bobbin case latch to make sure the bobbin case is locked in position.

Cl) Position Finger. (2) Bobbin Case. (3) Shuttle Race.

(4) Race Ring. (5) Clips. (6) Shuttle Hook. (7) Latch.

THREADING THE BOBBIN CASE

Hold the bobbin case between the thumb and forefinger of your left hand with the slot in the edge facing up.

Hold the wound bobbin between the thumb and two fingers of your right hand with the thread on top leading away from you.

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Insert the bobbin into the case, pull the thread into the slot, then down under the spring until it enters the delivery eye.

THREADING THE NEEDLE

(Upper Thread)

Place a spool of thread on spool

and raise the take-up lever to its high

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Pul! thread through the slot of up thread guides (1),(2) down through the tension discs (3) up into the thread check spring (4) under the arm thread guide (5) and on up into the eye of the take lever (6) from right to left.

Return thread through the arm thrv

guide (5) down through the lower guide (7) ins the face plate and into the needle bar thread guide (

Thread needle from left to right, pull:

about four inches of thread through needle.

PREPARING FOR SEWING

(a) Pull sufficient thread through the needle and with the

left hand hold the end, leaving it slack from the hand to the needle.

(b) Turn the balance wheel toward you until the needle

moves down Snd up again, thus catching the under thread.

end of the needle thread you are holding and the under thread will be brought up with it through the needle hole in the needle plate.

(d) Lay both ends of thread under and to the back of the

presser foot, and having inserted the material to be stitch,

ed, lower the presser bar lifter and commence to sew by turning the balance wheel toward you.

Do not try to help the feeding of the work by pulling the material, as this may deflect the needle and cause it to break. The machine feeds without any assistance.

Never operate the machine without material under the presser foot.

REMOVING THE MATERIAL

(a) Stop the machine when the needle is at its highest poii

(b) Lift the presser bar lever and draw the material to the b

hand side and to the rear of the machine.

down lightly and cut the threads.

(d) Always leave three to four inches of thread for furth

sewing.

ADJUSTING THE UPPER THREAD TENSION

(a) In most cases the perfect stitch can be obtained by regu

ting the upper thread tension. To increase the upper thre tension, turn the tension dial clockwise, and to decrea; turn it anti-clockwise.

(b) The tension dial should not be turned abruptly but lit

by little until the desired tension is obtained, and alwa make sure that the presser foot is down when maki

tension adjustments.

ADJUSTING UNDER THREAD TENSION

All machines are correctly adjusted before leaving the factory,

therefore it is seldom necessary to alter the UNDER tension. Should it become necessary to do so, tighten the tension spring screw to increase the tension and loosen the screw slightly to lessen the tension, using the small screw driver.

THREAD TENSION

(a) For ordinary stitching, the needle and the bobbin threads

should be locked in the center of the thickness of the material, as illustrated (A).

(b) If the tensipn on the needle thread is too tight, or if that

on the bobbin is too loose, the needle thread will lie

straight along the upper surface of the material, as shown in illustration (B).

A. Perfect Stitch. B. Tight Upper Thread Tension. C. Tight Under Thread Tension.

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on the needle is too loose, the bobbin thread will lie straight along under side of the material, as shown in

illustration (C).

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ADJUSTING THE DROP FEED

This mechanism drops the feed dog under the needle pi when the material is required to be moved freely by hand . embroidering and darning.

When the left button is pushed completely down (mark DOWN.), it enables the material to be moved freely under : presser foot, which is convenient for embroidery, darning, e

For sewing very light material, push the center button cc

pletely down (marked SILK).

For ordinary sewing, push the right button completely do'

(marked UP), when the three buttons are always up and evc

REGULATING PRESSURE ON MATERIAL

To increase pressure for heavy materials, press (A) downwa and to release pressure for light materials, darning, etc., press) down when (A) will automatically release the pressure.

When darning, lower the presser bar lever and yon are rea

to darn or embroider.

“Note:—When reverting to normal sewing, do not forget press “A” into position to give the required pressure on : presser foot, otherwise the machine will not feed properly.

REGULATING THE LENGTH OF STITCH

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

shorten the stitch. Near 0 is the shortest stitch and 5 is the

longest.

SEWING IN REVERSE

To sew backward for tying the threads at the beginning or end of a seam, press in the button R, as far as it will go. The machine will sew backward as long as the button is pressed.

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