SINGER W8418 User Manual

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o^uA-e Automatic ZIGZAG Sewing Machine

INSTRUCTION BOOK

CONTENTS

Features and Parts ............................................................................................ ^

Sewlight ......................................................................-

Setting the Needle ............................................................................................ ^

Winding the Bobbin

Placing Bobbin Case in Shuttle ....................................................................... 6

Upper Thread.................................................................................................... '

Setting the Stitch Length.................................................................................. ^

Sewing in Reverse
Adjusting the Tensions
Adjusting Pressure and Feeding of fabric

Preparing to Sew.............................................................................................

Removing the Work

Regulating Width of Zig-Zag Stitch............................................................... 12

Automatic Sewing.......................................................................................... 1^

Sewing Designs ............................................................................................. 1^

The Zipper Foot & To Make Cording with Zipper Foot ................................ 15

Embroidering With a Hoop............................................................................ 16

Darning......................................................................................................... 16

Making Buttonholes ...................................................................................... 17

Sewing on Buttons ......................................................................................... 1°

How to Use Accessories ................................................................................ 19

Care and Maintenance of Your Machine ....................................................... 20

Cleaning and Oiling the Shuttle

Check Up for Smooth Sewing....................................................................... 22

Needle and Thread Sizes.............................................................................. 23

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Fig. 4

SeitiH/f tUe ^teedLe

See Fig. 3. Raise the needle bar to its highest point, turning

wheel toward you by hand.

Then loosen the needle clamp screw and the needle can be
inserted into clamp. Place needle (flat side to right) in the
needle clamp and push it upward as far as it will go into the
needle clamp hole, tightening the needle clamp screw securely
with a screw driver.

Disengage the hand wheel (Fig. 4) from the stitching mecha

nism by turning the clutch toward you or counter-clockwise.

Place a spool of thread on the spool pin, lead thread

through the upper thread guide on the arm, and down through
the tension disc (Fig. 5) at the base of the machine. Run end
of thread through a hole in the bobbin edge and place bobbin
on spindle of bobbin winder, fitting the notch on bobbin over
small pin on spindle. Push bobbin winder against hand wheel.
Hold thread end loosely and start machine slowly.

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

from 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.

*JUneadi4Uf. the BaLLin Qaim

& 8 to get a general idea as to how it is done.

Before threading the bobbin case, study Fg. 6, 7

1. Hold the bobbin case with your left hand and put
the bobbin into the bobbin case with your right, leav-

. ing about two inches of the thread end unwound

: Fig. 6). As the bobbin is being inserted in the
bobbin case, the thread flow, you will note, in clockise
(Fig. 6).

2. While holding the bobbin case as before, grasp the
thread end with the right hand, guide it into the
cross slot (Fig. 7).

3. Then pull it throught under the tension spring of

the bobbin case (Fig. 7) until it enters the delivery

eye (Fig. 8).

Fig. 7

Fig. 5

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1. Raise the presser bar by lifting the presser bar lifter.

2. Raise the needle bar to its highest position by turning the
balance wheel toward you.

3. Pull out slide plate (Fig. 9).

4. Hold the bobbin case latch (Fig. 10) 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. Be sure the
opposite the shuttle race notch,
into the shuttle as far as possible
the center post of the shuttle.

5. THEN release the bobbin case latch, Press bobbin case
again after latch has been released. To make sure the
bobbin case is locked securely in place. Close the cover
plate.

bobbin case finger is

Press the bobbin case

until latch catches on

1. Turn the balance wheel toward you to raise the take-up lever to
its highest position. (Fig. 11) ^

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

3. Lead the thread through the upper arm thread guide.

4. Run the thread down through the thread guide bar to the ten
sion discs, then around and between them from right to left.

5. Draw the thread up through the check spring and with a slight
tug into the hook. (See insert, Fig. 11)

6. Pass the thread under the bar and up through the eye of the
take-up lever from right to left.

7. Lead thread down through the lower thread and then through the

needle bar guide from the back.

8. Thread needle FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, drawing it through
about 3 or 4 inches.

Hold the end of upper thread loosely and turn hand wheel toward
you until the needle goes all the way down and comes back up.
A loop will be formed over the upper thread which then can be
pulled out straight. Place both thread ends under the slot of the
presser foot and draw toward the back of the machine, leaving

both threads three or four inches long.

Fig. 11