SINGER W614 User Manual

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Needle Thread Chart Winding the Bobbin

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Setting the Needle Threading the Bobbin Case Placing Bobbin Case in Shuttle

Setting Stitch Length

Stitch Length Chart

Sewing in Reverse

Adjusting the Tensions Adjustirig Pressure and Feed

General Sewing

Light Weight Fabrics --

Darning and Mending

Preparing to sew ■.......................................

Removing the Work Straight Stitching Changing of Needle Plate ---

Setting Needle Position

rwin Needle ---------------------

err^rowermg with a Hoop

Buttonholes Sewing on Buttons

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Muitipie Zigzag Stitch ...............-

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Blind Stitch H«TS

' Manual Operation

How to use Accessories

: Narrow Henaner

Lace Trimmed Hem

j Hemming Across a Seam^

Quilting Guide Seam Gauge or Cloth Guide

Sewing in Zipper .........................

i The Adjustable Cording and Zipper Foot

^ Cleaning and Oiling Shuttle j ^are and Maintenance of your Machine 5 How to replace the light bulb

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' Trouble Chart...........................-............11

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; Binder

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Huffier To Portable Case

To Assemble tegs on Cabinets

Installing Sewing Head in Cabinet......................

Adjusting and Changing "V” Belt.......................

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FEATURES AND PARTS

(Front View

0Take up Lever (J) Pressure Release (Darning) (3) Arm Thread Guides

(4) Zigzag Stitch Width Control

(D Needle Position Control CD Pattern Selector Dial

0Hand Wheel (D Stitch Length Control (D Bobbin Winder

(i$ Bobbin Winder Tension (Q)Push Button Reverse

(i^Drop Feed Control (Q) Reverse Stitch Adjustment Lever (R) Needle Clamp Screw ©Needle Plate

©Cover Plate ©Presser Foot ©Attachment and Foot Thumb Screw ©Thread Guide © Tension (g)Sew Lite Switch

©Stretch Lever

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i Presser Bar Lifter ) Thread Cutter

¡Head Hinge Mounting Holes ) Spool Pins

NEEDLE-THREAD-FABRIC-STITCHINO cuide

Needle Cotton Meteenzed S^lk^ot

Fabric No Per inch

Extremely heavy «tr. r 10*° Heavy Duty tarpaulin, sacking, ^ 6 to o 30

canvas, duck, etc.

Heavy upholstery fabric, 3(18) 8 to 10 Heavy Duty

ticking, denim, leatherette

Medium heavy drapery „ 10 to 12 Heavy Duty fabric, velveteen, suiting, 2(16) j lOtoidi gQ

felt, terry, etc. ;

Medium broadcloth, ; 60 to „ „ a percale, gingham, linen, 1 (14) 12 to 14 oq

chintz, taffeta, sheer wool, ; shantung, etc.

Sheer voile, lawn, dimity, i fLil 50 A crepe, handkerchief linen, 0(11) iFlaatic f^) .,00

plastic film, etc. | Very sheer chiffon, | 100 to

batiste, lace, organdy, 00 1 e to 20 150 °0 « ninon, net, marquisette, ; =

etc.

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WINDING THE BOBBIN

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Disengage the hand wheel (1, Fig. 4) from the stitching mechanism by turning the clutch (2, Fig. 4) toward you or counter clockwise. Place a spool of thread on one of the spool pins and lead thread through the arm thread guide (3, Fig. 3). Run end of thread through a hole in the bobbin edge and place bobbin on spindle of bobbin winder (4, Fig. 3) fitting the notch on bobbin over small pin on spindle. Push bobbin winder

(5, Fig. 3) to the right, and hold thread end loosely then start machine slowly.

Bobbin will stop winding when it is filled. Turn clutch away frcMTi 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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yppER THREADING

1. Turn the hand wheel toward you to raise the

take-up lever to its highest position.

2. Place a spool of thread on the spool pin.

3. Lead the thread through the upper arm thread

guides.

4. Down and between tension discs from right to

Left.

5. Draw the thread up through the check spring

and with a slight tug into the hook, See insert, Fig. 6 )

. Then up through the eye of the take-up lever

from right to left.

7. Lead thread down, through the thread guide 19

and face plate guides then through the needle bar guide.

8 Thread needle FROM front to back, drawing it

through about 3 or 4 inches. Hold the end of the upper thread loosely and turn the hand 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.

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SETTING THE NEEDLE

See Fig. 8. Raise the needle bar (A) to its highest point, by turning hand wheel to»ard you by hand. Loosen needle clamp screw B) and then needle can be removed or re

placed. When replacing needie (Flat Side to BACK, in needle clamp push ,t upward as Lr as it will go into needle clamp hole. Tighten the Needle clamp screw (B) securely

with a screw driver.

a„„ Changing tn. n..di., m.». =n. compi...

by hand to be sure the neeaie is

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Is in the correct position,

o. .»a hand wheat

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THREADING THE BOBBIN CASE

Step 1 (illustrated in Fig. 9 . 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 bobbin case as shown in Fig. 10, and draw it under the tension spring and into the fork-shaped open ing of the spring as shown in Fig. 11.

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SLOT

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TENSION SPRiG

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BOBBIN: CASE

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Raise needle bar to highest position, and lift hinged

cover plate. (See 1 6 Fig. 1 ) Hold the bobbin case

latch (D, rig. 12), 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 lE) is opposite 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 shuttle.

Then release the bobbin case latch, (D). Press bob bin case again after latch has been released to make

sure the bobbin case is locked securely.

Close the cover plate.

SETTING THE STITCH LENGTH

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STITCH LENGTH CHART (Approximate)

•'-'inros indicator

Mumbsf of stitches per inch 1 No Feeding

length of Iho stiich is r-s-guiatsd by 'tha dial shown

in Fig. 13-A. Near O is the shortest stitch and 5 is

the longest, but the control may be set at any spot between the markings for a variety of lengths. Turn the dial to the right to lengthen and to the left to shorten the stitch. The number stitch length you choose appears over the indicator.

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■'i: ,T, / r: to sew backward to tie the threads at the beginning or end of a seam, press in the button ' A, Fig. 1 3A i as far as it will go. The machine will sew backward as long as the button is held in.

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ADJUSTING THE TENSIONS

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

Before adjusting lower tension be sure that the ma

chine is threaded properly. When necessary to change the bobbin tension, turn small screw (Fig. 14) on side

of the bobbin case clockwise to tighten, counter

clockwise to loosen. When the upper tensions are properly balanced, a p>arfaot stitch will be formed with both threads interiocking in fabric (Fig. 15). When the upper tension is too tight, the lower thread is pulled up over the upper thread which is lying flat

on the fabric (Fig. 16). When the upper tension is too loose, the upper thread forms loops over the

lower thread lying flat on the fabric (Fig. 17).

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ADJUSTlNf^ PRESSURE AND FEEDING OF FABRIC

General Sewing. Usually for normal sewing the pressure bar cap or

j-im3f rolaasa, (U, Fig. 18) Is at its lowest position and the drop

f-eed knob is turned to "High” position, Fig, 1 9.

iiTif] Of Light Weight Fabrics. When lighter pressure is re quired to sew-satisfactorily on thin silk or flimsy material, the pres sure cap should be about halfway down. Release all the way by

pressing the snap lock, (A, Fig. 20), and then press cap (B) down again to halfway spot. Lower the feed slightly by turning the black

dot on the knob to "Low” position.

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: ^ V ■ V;«Tiding, in order to move the fabric freely in any di-

raciioii iu7 mending, «-elease che pressure cap a com

pletely by pressing down on the snap lock, (A, Fig. 20). V,,rr, ‘ha :'nob to "OOWM” position, which drops the feed well

belov/ the needle plate. To return feed to normal, return knob to

"HIGH”

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Have take-up lever at highest point before starting to sew. Do not ^ try to help the feeding by pulling the material as this may deflect

the needle and cause it to break. p-ig_ 20

never run machine without material under the presser foot.

Place material and threads in position under the presser foot and

inw»r ‘he oresssr foot.

, :., ,d -«tee! loward you until thu needle is ut te higltest point, .'ou are no w ruadv to uPSin sowing. By tiavlng the needle at its highest point, it is not neoessaty to touoh the hand wheel to star, the machine. You merely press the control. The speed o,

the machine is regulated by increasing or deoreasig the amount o( pressure exerted on

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ft^MOVING THE WORK

, urs ‘O 7+00 the machine when the thread take-up lever and needle bar are at the

highest position. Now raise the presser foot and draw the fabric back and to the left,

rig 21-A and B, r.i.u pass the threads over the thread cutter. Pull down slightly, holding

thread in both hands, so as not to bend the needle. Leave the ends of thread under the

presser foot.

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