SINGER W712 User Manual

Domestic

SEWING MACHINES

SINCE 1868

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You are now the owner of a new Domestic zigzag sewing machine, the most versatile machine of its type you can possess. Buttonholes, monogramming, darning, overcasting and creative embroidery ar% done with ease and speed.

0 ) aid you in obtaining the greatest performance from your machine this

book on its care and use has been written for you. Read the instructions carefully

as a tnorough understanding of your machine will reward you with many hours of trouble-free creative sewing.

Time-saving attachments such as rufflers, binders, edgestitchers and cord-

.ing feet, to complement the accessories furnished are available from your dealer.

DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio 44111

DOMES nc SEWING MACHINES

1470 Birchmount Road

Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

INC.

INDEX

Pages

Accessories ...................................................... 20

How to Use

Hemmers ................................................. 31

Seam Gauge or Cloth Guide Quilting Guide

A.ttachments

A.diustable Cord and Zipper Foot 37 Attachment Foot Binder Edgestitcher

Hemmers .................................................. 36

Rut tier

Blind Hem Bobbin

Placing in Shuttle........................................ 7

Threading .................................................. 6

Winding

Buttonholes

Bound........................................................ 44

Buttons Sew - On

Charts

Needle-Thread-Fabric-Stitching..................4

Stitch Length

Trouble .......................................... 27-28-29

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Darning and Mending....................................... 11

Embroidery

Creative ................................................... 14

Hoop ........................................................ 15

Features and Parts (Front View)

Installation - Head in Cabinet

Head in Portable case •••45

Maintenance and Care

Cleaning and Oiling the Shuttle 25

Needle Setting

Pressure and Feeding of Fabric ....................... 11

Thin and Light weight Fabrics ••• 11

Reverse Sewing

Sewing Preparation

Sewing Tips .......................................... 41-42-43

Straight Stitching Tension Adjustment Threading-Upper

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(Back View)

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FEATURES AND PARTS

(Front View)

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1. Thread Take-up Lev-

2. Pressure Release (Darning)

3. Arm Thread Guides

4. Blind Stitch Lever

5. Zigzag Stitch Width

6. Zigzag Stitch Width

7. Stitch Width Cpntrol

8. Buttonhole Control i

9. Bobbin Winder Cove

1C. Hand Wheel

11. Clutch

12. Cover Release Buttoi

13. Stitch Length Centre

14. Push Button Reverse

15. Bobbin Winding Ten

16. Drop Feed Buttons

17. Needle Plate

18. Cover Plate

19. Presser Foot

20. Presser Foot Thumb

21. Needle Clamp

22. Tension Regulator

23. Thread Bar and Face

24. Sew Lite Switch

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FEATURES AND PARTS

(Back View)

25. Presser Bar Lifter

26. Thread Cutter

27. Feed

28. Head Hinge Mounting Holes

29. Spool Pins

30. Handle

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NEEDLE - THREAD - FABRIC - STITCHING GUIDE

Fabric

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

Heavy upholstery fabric, ticking, denim, leatherette

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

Medium broadcloth.

percale, gingham, linen. chintz, taffeta, sheer wool, shantung, etc.

Sheer voile, lawn. dimity, crepe. handkerchief linen. olastic film, etc.

Very sheer chiffon.

batiste, lace, organdy. ninon, net, marguisett etc.

JMeedle

No.

Machine

Stitches

Per Inch

8 8

10 10

to 14

(Plastic film)

8 to 10

Cotton Thread

30 30

to 40

40 to 60

100

150

Mercerized

Thread

Heavy Duty

Silk

Nylon

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Fig. 3

Disengage hand wheel (5. Fig. 3), from the stitching mechanism by turning clutch (6. Fig- 3)

WINDING THE BOBBIN

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"NSsOD OW tl^Ding cp^ OHuOili^aTSS^SOtyer thread

Place a spool of thread on one of the spool pin . machine. Run end of thread

guide on arm and down through tension disc (9, Fig. bobbin edge (left flange

" and from inside out) and place bobbin

on spindle of bobbin winder !7, Fig.4,J iitting the notch bobbin over small pm on spm-

Push bobbin winder against hand

v^^^eel. Hold thread end loosely and start

machine slowly. ^

Bobbin will stop winding wnen it is

filled Turn clutch away from you until

sewing mechanism is again engaged so that needle moves when you turn the han

off loose thread end used to

start the winding and ' *

stated on Page 6.

tiau. — thread bobbin as

SETTING THE NEEDLE

See Fig. 6. Raise the needle bar A to its highest

point, turning wheel toward you by hand. ■

Then loosen the needle clamp screw B and the

needle can be inserted into clamp C, Place needle

(flat side to rig lit) in the needle clamp and pusii it

far as Tt wm go into the needle clarrip hole, tightening the needle ciarnp screw securely with a screw driver.

After changing the needle make one com

plete revolution of the balance wheel by

hand to be sure the needle is in the correct position.

Flat surfa oE needle

shank

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Fig. 7

Fig. 6

THREADING THE BOBBIN CASE

Step 1 illlustrated in Fig. 8). Hold bobbin case between thumb and forefinger of left han so that the slot in the edge of the bobbin case is on top. Take the bobbin between thumb ai 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 ^

shown in Fig. 9, and draw it under tension spring and into the fork-shaped opening of the - sprii as shown in Fig. 10.

UPPER THREADING

'Urn the balance wheel toward you to raise the take-up lever to its^ hignest posuicn.^

a sDGol ot threaa on tne spooi ,

the Dread througn the upoer arm tnr«aa

Run the thread through the threaa ^guiae oar

to the tension discs, then ^arounO ana oe-

-fteen them from right to mn. ^ ^ ^ Rmw the thread up through thechecK soring

and with a slight tug mto the cook, Dee

-me 'the Dread under the bar and up througn eye of the take-up lever irom rignt ю

biid Dread down under bar, Drough the

D^e plate guides^and then througn tne neeam

oar guide from the bacic. ^

■mreH needle FROM LmT mGrli, grawina it Drough about о or ^ e f

1-DD the end of the upper threaa^ ioosetv <md

mm De hand wheel toward you until the rmeam goes all the way dovrn ana comms cack up^

Д looD Dig. 13) will be tormea over tne

uppe/ thread which then can ce puile^ ou^

straight. Place both Dread enas^ under me slot of the presses foot ana araw towaD u.e

oack of the machine, leaving both threaas three or four inches long.

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Fig. 13 Fig. 14

SETTING THE STITCH LENGTH

The length of the stitch is regulated by the dial, shown in Fig. 14. Near 0 is the shortest stitch and 3 is the longest, but the dial 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 is indicated by the pointer.

STITCH LENGTH CHART (APPROXIMATE)

Figures on indicator 0 Number of stitches per inch

No Feeding 30

2 3 4 5

SEWING IN REVERSE

When you wish to sew backward to tie the threads at the beginning or end of a seam, press

in the button R, Fig. 14, as far as it will go. The machine will sew backward as long as the button is held in.

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10 adjusting the tensions

tension with the presses toot down,

always adjust the uppe. ^ ^ increase tne

.3 fre tensron rs released wnen n ^ ,,gnt, or

Cnswn on the upper thread, turn ,,^per

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be sure that the macnine

When it IS necessary case clocfcwise ю

When it is necessary i

We small screw (Fig. 17) on side ot We b

Og sTnall screw (Fig- IF)

;Jsien, counterclockwise to loosen.

зе macnine u ^ з^.п

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Fig. 16A 1

When the upper and und

.-a.apced, a perfe« ddch »-'Ibe .»med

mterlPcUng m fabnc ^

IVKen ihe uppe. 1^-°” ^ „

.3 pulled UP Ue UPP« -Ue.

lyiap Hat on the tabno ' U

When the upper tension

,.,,ead lo.nas loopa ovei ‘»u 1°'-' " on the fabric (Fig. 16-C).

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rah under tensions are properly

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adjusting pressure and feeding of fabric

general SEWINa^Usu^aUy^£or^=.,a^^^

ie mtried UP pressed all the way down, (Fig. 18)

SEWING THIN OR LIGHT WEIGHT FABRICS

When lighter oressure is required to sew satisfactorily on thin

silk or flimsy material, tiie pressure cap should aoou^ Lai ^ay down. Release all the way by pressing the snap Iock W, F <3

20) and then press cap B down again to nalf-way spo the feed slightly by pressing the DOWN button vFig. l8y to toe

led line.

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Fig. 19

DARNING AND MENDING

In order to move the fabric freely in any

direction for darning and mending, release

the pressure cap B completely by pressing down on the snap lock (A, Fig. 20)- Press

DOWN button (Fig. 18) all the way down,

which drops the feed well below the needle plate. To return feed to normal, press the

UP button all the way down.

B—

Fig. 20

PREPARING TO SEW

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.

NEVER run machine without material under presser foot.

Pidce material and threads in position under the presser loot and lower the presser foot. You

are now ready to begin sewing. By having the needle at its highest point, it is not necessary to touch the hand wheel to start the machine. You merely press the control. The speed of the machine is regulated by increasing or decreasing the amount of pressure exerted on the control.

REMOVING THE WORK

Be sure to stop the machine v/hen 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 fFig. 21, A and B) and pass

the threads over the thread cutter.

Pull down slightly, holding thread in both hands, so as not to bend the needle.

Fig. 21A

Leave the ends of thread un

der the presser foot.

Fig. 21B

STRAIGHT STITCHING

^ For straight sewing - “ptsl"

rTtnTthHtraTgM stitch needle plate which are in-

bo. Both ha.e narrow needle

Changing the Presser Foot and Needle Plate :

(1) Presser Foot ,

(A) Loosen thumb screw (18, Fig. )

remove zigzag presser foot.

(B) Replace with straight stitch presser foot

(Fig. 22A).

”(«'* Su“(o,er plate (16. Fi,. 1) to the left a,

far as possible.

(B) Remove screws holding needle plate i ,

Fig. 1) to bed plate. (C) Remove zigzag needle plate. (D) Replace with straight stitch needle plate

(Fig. 22B).

1 Be sure to set the sHtch wtdth and buttonhole

i. control knob at 0 or the needle will break in striking

Fig. 22-A

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S the foot or plate. ogi nress

i Grasp outer rim of zigzag dial (A, Fig. 1 P i down on lock B. Turn dial as far to the left as possible.

Pointer will then be on the zero mark.

Fig. 23

CREATIVE EMBROIDERY

Fe sure iigzag presser foot and zig.ag needle plate are in place.

ihe satin stitch (Fig. 24) which is really just a ver/ short zigzag stitch and the basis for most embroidery, is obtained by setting stitch length (see page 9) as near 0 as possible without stopping the feeding action and ;ig:ag width at to,

Fig. 23). ,

To stitch continuously at one width of lig ag stitching

chosen stitch width number.

V/ith the machine set for a short stitch length, dif ferent designs can be made by turning the zigzag width control knob back and forth between 0 and 5 or other combination of widths. Try setting the stop iB,

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a while you will become quite skillful, varying your de sions by the speed of the machine, stitch length, and m.anipulation of the zigzag control knob.

at 1 and various other numbers.

3et a rhythm for yourself and then proceed. After

SAMPLES OF CREATIVE EMBROIDERY

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Fig. 24

zigzag width stop (B, tig. 23) to

set

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Fig. 25

A. Sew a few stitches at, 5 width, then allow knob

to spring back to 0 for a short period. Count, if necessary,

to establish a rhythm. u our

B. Set stoD at 2 then m.ove knob slowly back and forth between numbers 2 and 5. C. Set stoD at 1. Gradually m.ove knob from 1 to 5, allowing it to snap back quickly. D. ' Set zigzag stitch width stop at 4, stitch length at 1%. Do a few zigzag stitches, ^ drot

feed for 3 or 4 stitches, then raise it again. By operating the feed knob rhythmically it is no necessary to count stitches.

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